Butler Prather LLP
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About Butler Prather LLP
Butler Prather LLP is a Georgia personal injury and trial law firm with offices in Atlanta, Columbus, and Savannah. The firm has obtained 11 verdicts exceeding $100 million, including two jury verdicts above $1 billion, and its attorneys have tried cases in 33 states. Practice areas include product liability, auto defects, truck accidents, wrongful death, and whistleblower claims under the False Claims Act.
Proven verdicts and settlements won by Butler Prather LLP
A federal jury in Columbus, Georgia awarded $30.5 million in compensatory damages and $2.5 billion in punitive damages against Ford Motor Company for the deaths of Herman and Debra Mills, killed when the roof of their 2015 F-250 Super Duty crushed down on them in a rollover. Butler Prather LLP tried the case, with James E. Butler Jr., Ramsey Prather, Daniel Philyaw, and Allison Bailey on the trial team. The honest frame: Ford called the verdict impermissibly extreme, moved for a new trial, and in September 2025 settled this case and the related $1.7 billion Hill case on confidential terms, so the verdict was never collected as awarded.
A Gwinnett County jury awarded roughly $24 million in compensatory damages and $1.7 billion in punitive damages against Ford Motor Company for the 2014 rollover deaths of Melvin and Voncile Hill in a 2002 F-250, with James E. Butler Jr. of Butler Prather LLP as lead trial counsel; the Georgia Court of Appeals vacated the judgment in November 2024 and ordered a new trial, and Ford settled the case on confidential terms in September 2025 before a third trial could begin.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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