Defense Attorneys Weigh In On Marathon's 'Thermonuclear Verdict' Report

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Since 2009, Georgia has seen a total of $4.43B in what a new report by Marathon Strategies now describes as “thermonuclear verdicts”—jury damage awards against corporations that are so big, the word “nuclear” can no longer cut it. 

Georgia ranked ninth overall, surpassing New York, with Texas, Florida and California rounding out the top ranks. According to the report, eight of the state’s cited 29 cases involved verdicts in excess of $100 million (the minimum threshold for something to become in the report’s terms ‘thermonuclear’) and Georgia is following a larger national trend of bigger and bigger verdicts.