Butler Kahn

Jeb Butler co-tried the first Jeep rear-fuel-tank wrongful-death case to a Georgia jury, which returned a $150 million verdict in 2015 later affirmed at $40 million by the Georgia Supreme Court in 2018.

Jeb Butler and Matt Kahn, alongside co-counsel, secured a $40 million settlement against GDOT, a fence contractor, and a construction management firm after a guardrail left in disrepair for months on I-85 contributed to the death of Catrice Hunter.

Jeb Butler and Matt Kahn won a $30 million settlement for a 14-year-old North Paulding High School student who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a speeding teen driver struck her in a school-zone crosswalk.

A Henry County jury awarded $29.4 million against PeachState Hospitality after one of its housekeepers, hired without a background check despite a prior statutory rape charge, used a master key to repeatedly assault a 13-year-old girl staying at the company's Residence Inn in McDonough, Georgia.

Mark Cohen, 54, died on December 11, 2021, when Mary Angela Bell swerved across the centerline and struck his minivan head-on in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Bell admitted liability, so the April 2024 trial in the State Court of Georgia addressed damages only. The jury awarded $28 million, made up of $26.5 million for the full value of Mr. Cohen's life and $1.5 million for his pre-impact fright, shock and terror.

Jeb Butler won a $500,000 jury verdict in Muscogee County Superior Court for a woman who was sexually abused by her Columbus pastor beginning when she was 15 years old.

A 2002 Dodge Ram 15-passenger van carrying 16 women from the We Are Living Proof sober-living program rolled over and caught fire on I-85 at the I-985 split in Gwinnett County on April 24, 2021, killing seven and injuring nine others. Families and survivors sued the van's driver, Chrysler and parent company Stellantis, the group home, and two repair shops, alleging a rollover-prone design, a defective steering system, and a fuel system that let gasoline ignite after impact. The claims settled in 2024 for a combined $162,000,000, described as the largest settlement from a single-vehicle wreck in Georgia history. Families and survivors were represented by several firms, including Shiver Hamilton Campbell and Beasley Allen.