Darren Penn, William Ballard and Hannah Sbaity of the Penn Law Group recently secured a $17.3 million-medical malpractice verdict in the State Court of DeKalb County. Penn said the decadelong case was the oldest in his docket, resulting in a variety of unique challenges concerning the apportionment of fault and how different parties fit in, as all but one defendant settled, the remaining one retired and some experts died.

“It was hard-fought on both sides,” said defense counsel Heather Miller of McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley, who tried the case with co-counsel Wayne McGrew. Miller indicated that they “are currently exploring all post-trial motions.