Despite a Georgia Court of Appeals opinion upholding a $1.1 million verdict for a man shot at a gas station, the defense is cheering a companion opinion that left in place a fee award that was far less than that the plaintiff’s attorneys sought under Georgia’s offer of judgment statute. 

“This decision shows that plaintiffs cannot automatically recover attorney fees under a fee shifting statute based on the percentage in their counsel’s engagement letter,” said attorney Laurie Webb Daniel.