Stephen Lowry
About Stephen Lowry
Stephen G. Lowry is a founding partner and award-winning trial lawyer who has secured record-setting verdicts on behalf of injury victims across Georgia and the nation. His notable wins include a $43.5 million verdict in Terhune v. Forum Group Corp et al. (Georgia's largest judgment on record against a nursing home), a $40 million verdict in Jenkins v. Lambert (the No. 1 largest jury verdict in Georgia for 2016), and an $11.5 million verdict in Bilbrey v. United States of America, one of the largest verdicts ever secured against the U.S. government. Steve was inducted twice into the Georgia Verdicts Hall of Fame in product liability and medical malpractice in 2014, and received the American Association for Justice's F. Scott Baldwin Most Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award in 2009. He hosts The Great Trials Podcast and contributes regularly to legal publications and Savannah-area business media. Steve is a cum laude graduate of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Notable case results
A Floyd County jury awarded $43.5 million to the family of Morris Ellison, an 80-year-old man who suffered malnourishment, severe dehydration, and an untreated broken hip before dying at a Rome, Georgia nursing home whose operator had diverted Medicare and Medicaid funds from patient care.
A DeKalb County jury awarded $40 million to Jessica Mundy and her husband after her 2004 Ford Explorer spontaneously shifted from park into reverse, striking and running over her, after the trial team showed Ford had known about the 'false park' transmission defect for decades.
A Chatham County jury awarded $18 million -- the largest personal injury verdict in county history -- after an infectious disease specialist failed to diagnose and treat a spinal epidural abscess, leaving Joan Simmons permanently paraplegic.
A Clarke County jury returned a $4.36 million verdict against Dr. Subodh Agrawal and Athens Heart Center after a diagnostic cardiac catheterization fatally perforated the left ventricle wall of Juan Molina, a 58-year-old Athens musician and restaurateur.
Georgia's largest judgment on record against a nursing home (Terhune v. Forum Group Corp et al.)
No. 1 largest jury verdict in Georgia for 2016 (Jenkins v. Lambert)
Against the U.S. government (Bilbrey v. United States of America)
Against Ford for concealed Explorer defect (Zakrocki v. Ford Motor Company)
For wrongful death of patient following elective cardiac procedure (Molina vs. Athens Heart Center)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
