Following a day-and-a-half trial, a Fulton County jury delivered a post-apportionment award of $2.1 million to a man injured when the SUV in which he was passenger flipped on its side. The driver of the vehicle, which was packed with friends who had been out bar-hopping, is facing drunken-driving charges and invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination throughout the trial, said plaintiffs attorneys Matthew Wetherington and Michael Werner of The Werner Law Firm.
The jury awarded a total $2.8 million, but deemed the plaintiff 25 percent liable for his injuries. A Jane Doe defendant was cleared of liability.
