We send them to war to protect our freedom, but sometimes these heroes fall through the cracks when they come home. Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can make it nearly impossible for these soldiers to rejoin civilian life, and some even wind up on the streets without a home. Leaving our…
Caleb Walker, a senior litigation associate at The McArthur Law Firm, was selected by The National Trial Lawyers Association as a Top 100 lawyer based on his track record of success and superior reputation in representing plaintiffs in Georgia. “Membership is extended solely to the select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state who…
Personal Injury Attorneys Katherine L. McArthur and Caleb F. Walker, both of the McArthur Law Firm will travel to Atlanta to argue before the Georgia Supreme Court.
A FULTON COUNTY jury awarded more than $15 million to the parents of a young man killed when the car in which he and other members of a wedding party were riding was slammed from behind by a speeding drug-company representative with a long history of speeding tickets and other traffic offenses. The verdict included…
original story by Don Richardson of The Telfair Enterprise Former Telfair County coroner Raford Horton last week received a favorable verdict in a lawsuit related to his 2008 two-vehicle accident on Ga. Highway 31 (441) in front of his wrecker business. A Telfair County jury award Horton a total of $2,546,804: $1,253,804 for medical bills;…
In a case that could convince businesses to tell their employees to hang up their cellphones while driving, a Georgia woman won a $5.2 million settlement from a paper company whose employee caused an accident while talking on a company cellphone. The plaintiff’s attorney, Katherine McArthur, said that proving liability was fairly straightforward, but the…
original story by James Diffee of The Albany Herald ALBANY – A Dougherty County Superior Court jury awarded a $5 million verdict Thursday to a woman who sued an Albany physician for what she claimed was negligence during a 1998 procedure. Dr. William M. Sewell III performed a tubal ligation on Benita Parker at the…
original story by Katie Wood of the Daily Report Along the way to winning a $19 million verdict, the Macon lawyers representing the paralyzed and brain damaged victim of an exploding tire rim rejected a $7.5 million settlement offer. The defense proposal came after a federal jury in Lexington, Ky., determined that neither plaintiff Danny Webb nor…
original story by Donald Johnston of the Daily Report A record $2 million wrongful death verdict reached Friday in Bleckley County Superior Court was “nothing more and nothing less” than a tribute to a 42-year-old schoolteacher killed by a tractor-trailer with malfunctioning brakes, says plaintiff’s attorney W. Carl Reynolds. Reynolds and his partner, Katherine L. McArthur,…
