A man who suffered neck pain from a collision with almost no damage to either vehicle won an $82,000 verdict for a case his lawyer said the insurance company offered $18,000 to settle.

Thus the two-day trial last week before Gwinnett County State Court Judge Joseph Iannazzone was worth the effort, according to plaintiffs attorney Robert Glass of Glass & Robson, who tried the case with partner James Robson. Glass said they had made a settlement offer of $60,000 but had received no response from the defendant’s insurer, State Farm.