The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia recently saw a defense-friendly result when a jury awarded plaintiffs $5,000 in a dispute where they had asked the jury for $6.5 million.

The defense, a Miami-based trucking company represented by Scott McMickle and Matthew Sessions of McMickle Kurey & Branch, said their winning argument hinged on admitting a spreadsheet into evidence that showed “an extraordinary referral relationship” between the doctors, and the Witherite Law Group, the law firm of plaintiffs’ counsel J. Martin Futrell and Sean McEvoy.

Scott McMickle, McMickle, Kurey & Branch, Alpharetta, Georgia. Courtesy photo