A sod farmer has won a $3.3 million verdict for injuries from a truck collision in the South Georgia town of Camilla.

Following a weeklong trial before Mitchell County State Court Judge Richard Waters Jr., the jury returned a $4.75 million verdict, awarding $4 million to William Ralph Murphy and $750,000 to his wife, Deborah, for her loss of consortium claim. But the award was reduced because jurors split the fault for the accident: 30 percent for the plaintiff and 70 percent for defendant Norman Larue.

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