Georgia Collision Results in $250,000 Verdict

By Jim Messer, Partner

Tim Dugan was nearly home when a car suddenly pulled out in front of him in Donalsonville, GA. He tried to avoid the collision, but it was too late.

The impact caused immediate neck pain and he sought treatment in Donalsonville, but it was only when he was referred to a physician at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, GA, that he was diagnosed with a herniated disk in his neck.

Our firm immediately filed suit against the driver of the automobile and then joined her husband in the case under Georgia’s family purpose doctrine. The trial, held in Seminole County, resulted in a verdict against the husband and wife for $250,000.