(l-r) Jeffrey R. Harris of Harris Lowry Manton, Jed D. Manton of Harris Lowry Manton, Madeline "Molly" E. McNeeley of Harris Lowry Manton, Christopher M. Simon of Simon Bridgers Spires, Tyler H. Bridgers of Simon Bridgers Spires and Naveen Ramachandrappa of Bondurant Mixon & Elmore. (Courtesy photos) Affirmed: $35M Wrongful-Death Verdict Survives City's Appeal
"We have always felt that long standing legal principals in the area of municipal liability supported the verdict," Jed Manton of Harris Lowry Manton in Brookhaven.
September 17, 2024 at 01:40 PM
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Civil Appeals
What You Need to Know
- Georgia Court of Appeals affirms $35 million wrongful death jury verdict awarded against City of Milton.
- Intermediate appellate court determined Milton lacked sovereign immunity protection from the plaintiffs' negligence claim.
- Milton sued in connection to deadly 2016 collision involving a concrete planter located on the shoulder of Batesville Road.
The Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed a $35 million wrongful-death verdict awarded against the City of Milton in June 2023. Jurors awarded the eight-figure outcome to the parents of a college student killed in 2016 after driving into an 8-foot concrete planter along the shoulder of Milton's Batesville Road.
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