"They are paying not only the full amount of the judgment but also an amount on top of the judgment in light of, at that point, the unknown of what was going to happen with the cap," said plaintiff attorney Jed Manton of Harris Lowry Manton in Atlanta.
March 21, 2023 at 10:16 AM
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Litigation Reporter
After a collision generated by a commercial truck left a Putnam County woman injured, her plaintiff counsel convinced a federal jury to return a nearly $27 million verdict against the defendants.
But with $20 million of the verdict being punitive damages in a state that constitutionally caps such recovery at $250,000, the trial court nixed nearly 74% of the plaintiff’s jury award.
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