Top Individual Georgia Personal Injury Verdicts and Settlements
The 20 largest individual personal injury results in Georgia on record here, ranked by amount: one client's, one family's, or one incident's recovery, never a pooled fund. Each links to the full story, the firm, and the record behind the number.
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Cobb County Jury Awards John Barnes $2.065 Billion in Roundup Cancer Trial
A Cobb County, Georgia jury found that Monsanto's Roundup caused John Barnes's non-Hodgkin lymphoma and awarded him $2.065 billion, with Arnold & Itkin's Kyle Findley serving as lead trial lawyer.
- $1 billionVerdictPremises Liability
$1 Billion Verdict for Rape Victim Assaulted by Unlicensed Armed Security Guard
A Clayton County jury awarded $1 billion to a woman who was raped at age 14 by an armed security guard her employer hired without verifying he was licensed to carry a weapon.
Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys2018 · State Court of Clayton County, GeorgiaRead the full story → - $162 millionSettlementProduct Liability
$162 Million Settlement Over the 2021 I-85 Van Rollover and Fire
John Foy & Associates was one of about a dozen co-counsel firms in the $162 million settlement for victims of a 2021 I-85 van rollover and fire in Gwinnett County that killed seven women from a sober living home.
John Foy & Associates, Accident & Injury Lawyers2024 · Gwinnett County, GeorgiaRead the full story → - $100 millionVerdict
$100 Million Federal Verdict for Man Paralyzed After Atlanta Officer Tased Him Without Warning
A federal jury awarded $100 million to a 69-year-old man who was left quadriplegic after an Atlanta police officer deployed a Taser on him from behind, without warning, while he panhandled beside a highway.
Tobin Injury Law2022 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division (Case No. 1:19-cv-02047)Read the full story → - $47.7 millionVerdictProduct Liability
$47.7 Million Verdict Against Ford Over Defective Seat Latch That Paralyzed a Six-Year-Old
A Fulton County jury awarded $47.7 million after a defective rear seat latch in a 2000 Lincoln LS collapsed during a crash, severing a six-year-old girl's thoracic spinal cord and leaving her paralyzed.
- $43.5 millionVerdictPremises Liability
$43.5 Million Verdict Against Nursing Home Operator Whose Neglect Killed an 80-Year-Old Resident
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.
- $40 millionSettlementWrongful Death
$40 Million Settlement After GDOT and Contractors Left a Broken I-85 Guardrail Unrepaired for Months
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.
- $40 millionVerdictProduct Liability
$40 Million Verdict in Jeep Rear Gas-Tank Fire That Killed Four-Year-Old Remington Walden
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.
- $40 millionVerdictProduct Liability
$40 Million Verdict Against Ford After 'False Park' Defect Left Georgia Woman Paraplegic
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.
- $35 millionVerdictWrongful Death
$35 Million Verdict Against City of Milton After Yale Student Dies Striking Planter on Road Shoulder
A Fulton County jury awarded $35 million to the family of Joshua Chang, a 21-year-old Yale student killed when his car struck a concrete planter on the shoulder of Batesville Road, finding the City of Milton 93% responsible for leaving a dangerous obstacle in the right-of-way.
- $32.5 millionSettlementTruck Accidents
$32.5 Million Settlement for Widow and Four Daughters of Army Veteran Killed When His Car Wedged Under a Tyson Foods Trailer
The widow and four daughters of Christopher Crump, a 32-year-old Army veteran, received $32.5 million after his car became trapped under a Tyson Foods tractor-trailer with defective lighting in the pre-dawn darkness, a result reported as Georgia's largest single-plaintiff pre-trial wrongful death settlement at the time.
- $30.5 millionVerdictMedical Malpractice
A Hospital's Delayed C-Section Left an Infant With Permanent Brain Damage. A Gwinnett County Jury Returned $30.5 Million.
A Gwinnett County jury awarded $30.5 million in November 2016 after finding that Gwinnett Medical Center and an attending physician failed to act on an ultrasound showing abnormal fetal blood flow at 35 weeks, delaying an emergency C-section long enough to deprive a newborn of oxygen and cause permanent spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
- $30 millionSettlementCar Accidents
$30 Million Settlement for Teen Left With Brain Injury in Paulding County School-Zone Crash
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.
- $29.4 millionVerdictPremises Liability
$29.4 Million Verdict Against Hotel Operator Whose Housekeeper Repeatedly Assaulted a 13-Year-Old Guest
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.
- $25 millionVerdictMedical Malpractice
$25 Million Verdict in Stillbirth Case After OB-GYNs Missed Severe Preeclampsia
A Bibb County jury returned a $25 million verdict against two OB-GYNs who failed to diagnose and manage severe preeclampsia, resulting in a stillbirth in 2017.
- $25 millionVerdictPremises Liability
$25 Million Verdict Against MARTA After Paratransit Passenger Falls Into Vegetative State
A Fulton County jury awarded $25 million against MARTA after a 66-year-old paratransit rider fell descending an awkwardly angled bus step and suffered catastrophic brain damage that left her in a vegetative state.
- $21 millionSettlementTruck Accidents
$21 Million Settlement for Man Who Lost Both Legs After Hit-and-Run Tractor-Trailer Strike at Georgia Intersection
A pedestrian walking home from work in Cobb County lost both legs after a tractor-trailer struck and dragged him through an intersection and fled the scene; Fried Goldberg identified the unknown driver and carrier and secured a $21 million settlement.
- $20 millionVerdictTruck Accidents
$20 Million Verdict for Immigrant Left with Catastrophic Brain Injury After Truck Ran Red Light
A Cobb County jury awarded $20 million after a tractor-trailer ran a red light in Kennesaw and left a 57-year-old Pakistani immigrant with permanent, catastrophic brain damage.
- $18 millionVerdictMedical Malpractice
$18 Million Verdict for Woman Left Paraplegic After Missed Spinal Infection Diagnosis
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.
- $16.66 millionVerdictTruck Accidents
$16.66 Million Verdict for Georgia Man Left With TBI After Going Under Big Rig on I-285
A DeKalb County jury awarded $16.66 million to a 21-year-old who suffered a traumatic brain injury and lasting mobility limitations after a chain-reaction crash on I-285 sent his car underneath a Brown Trucking Company big rig.
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A Cobb County, Georgia jury found that Monsanto's Roundup caused John Barnes's non-Hodgkin lymphoma and awarded him $2.065 billion, with Arnold & Itkin's Kyle Findley serving as lead trial lawyer.
A Clayton County jury awarded $1 billion to a woman who was raped at age 14 by an armed security guard her employer hired without verifying he was licensed to carry a weapon.
John Foy & Associates was one of about a dozen co-counsel firms in the $162 million settlement for victims of a 2021 I-85 van rollover and fire in Gwinnett County that killed seven women from a sober living home.
A federal jury in Atlanta awarded $100 million to Jerry Blasingame, a 65-year-old man rendered quadriplegic after an Atlanta police officer tased him without warning during a foot pursuit, though the award was ultimately reduced to $21 million following post-trial rulings and a 2026 Eleventh Circuit decision.
A federal jury awarded $100 million to a 69-year-old man who was left quadriplegic after an Atlanta police officer deployed a Taser on him from behind, without warning, while he panhandled beside a highway.
A Fulton County jury awarded $47.7 million after a defective rear seat latch in a 2000 Lincoln LS collapsed during a crash, severing a six-year-old girl's thoracic spinal cord and leaving her paralyzed.
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.
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 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.
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 Fulton County jury awarded $35 million to the family of Joshua Chang, a 21-year-old Yale student killed when his car struck a concrete planter on the shoulder of Batesville Road, finding the City of Milton 93% responsible for leaving a dangerous obstacle in the right-of-way.
The widow and four daughters of Christopher Crump, a 32-year-old Army veteran, received $32.5 million after his car became trapped under a Tyson Foods tractor-trailer with defective lighting in the pre-dawn darkness, a result reported as Georgia's largest single-plaintiff pre-trial wrongful death settlement at the time.
A Gwinnett County jury awarded $30.5 million in November 2016 after finding that Gwinnett Medical Center and an attending physician failed to act on an ultrasound showing abnormal fetal blood flow at 35 weeks, delaying an emergency C-section long enough to deprive a newborn of oxygen and cause permanent spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
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.
A Bibb County jury returned a $25 million verdict against two OB-GYNs who failed to diagnose and manage severe preeclampsia, resulting in a stillbirth in 2017.
A Fulton County jury awarded $25 million against MARTA after a 66-year-old paratransit rider fell descending an awkwardly angled bus step and suffered catastrophic brain damage that left her in a vegetative state.
A pedestrian walking home from work in Cobb County lost both legs after a tractor-trailer struck and dragged him through an intersection and fled the scene; Fried Goldberg identified the unknown driver and carrier and secured a $21 million settlement.
A Cobb County jury awarded $20 million after a tractor-trailer ran a red light in Kennesaw and left a 57-year-old Pakistani immigrant with permanent, catastrophic brain damage.
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 DeKalb County jury awarded $16.66 million to a 21-year-old who suffered a traumatic brain injury and lasting mobility limitations after a chain-reaction crash on I-285 sent his car underneath a Brown Trucking Company big rig.
A Gwinnett County jury returned a $16.2 million verdict against Amazon Logistics after finding the company bore employer responsibility for a contract delivery driver who struck and seriously injured an eight-year-old child in a residential subdivision.
A DeKalb County jury awarded $14 million for the wrongful death of a six-year-old boy killed when the car he was riding in ran a stop sign into a pickup, with Montlick's Bill Parker representing the boy's father.