Cunningham Bounds, LLC
Proven VerdictsAbout Cunningham Bounds, LLC
Cunningham Bounds, LLC is a plaintiffs' trial firm founded in 1958 in Mobile, Alabama, with a second office in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm represents individuals and families in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, trucking, maritime, and complex commercial litigation matters across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and nationwide. Its attorneys have obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Alabama history, including the $11.9 billion State of Alabama v. ExxonMobil verdict and a role in the BP Deepwater Horizon litigation. The firm has been recognized by Best Lawyers, Chambers USA, and Super Lawyers, and several of its attorneys are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Proven verdicts and settlements won by Cunningham Bounds, LLC
A Mobile County jury awarded the family of Dan Haas $50 million after a 13-day trial, finding that cardiologist Dr. John Galla and his practice mismanaged Haas's cardiac symptoms and sent him home the night he died rather than admitting him to the hospital.
A Mobile County jury awarded the estate of John West Jr. $35 million in punitive damages after Springhill Memorial Hospital gave him two doses of the opioid Dilaudid following minor thumb surgery and failed to monitor him; the trial court reduced the award to $10 million, and the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed it in 2023 as the largest wrongful death award the court has ever upheld.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
Attorneys at Cunningham Bounds, LLC
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