Judge Richard Story, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
A Fulton County retrial of the "$30 million hand verdict" that was tossed on appeal settled during opening arguments. Now a wrangle pitting both parties against the defendant driver's insurer is back on the front burner in federal court.
December 04, 2019 at 05:24 PM
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staff reporter
A car crash that ended in a $30 million verdict—which was subsequently tossed out by Georgia’s appellate court—settled just before opening arguments in a retrial in a Fulton County courtroom last month.
But that settlement cranks up the burner under another legal wrangle with the defendant driver’s insurer, which asked a federal court several years ago to absolve it of liability for defending the suit or paying the judgment.
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