'Sent Out to Try and Catch a Javelin': How Failed Negotiations Led to a $140M Premises Liability Verdict
"I suspect [the defendant] implored [the insurer] to accept [our] offers," plaintiff's counsel said. "But it seems to us like [the insurer's] business model is to routinely deny coverage, even in cases where coverage exists."
January 10, 2024 at 03:33 PM
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Premises LiabilityA DeKalb County, Georgia, jury recently awarded a $140 million verdict in a premises liability case that plaintiff's attorney, Jeff Shiver of Shiver Hamilton, said should never have gone to trial.
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