Described below are more than 140 cases handled by the lawyers of DEITCH & ROGERS, LLC that are representative of matters routinely handled by our firm. In order to respect our clients' privacy and to comply with confidentiality agreements, specific details concerning the names of our clients or the amount of compensation obtained may not be included.
APARTMENT PROPERTY RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
Serial Rape Cases
Shadow Creek Apartments
- Sewell v. First Gibralter Bank – Female tenant was raped in her apartment by a serial rapist who entered through a sliding glass door in the second bedroom of the apartment. Case tried to verdict: $2.5 Million.
- Warthen v. First Gibralter Bank – Female tenant was raped in her apartment by a serial rapist who entered when victim opened her door to leave for work that morning, the intruder locked her 5 year old son in the bathroom during the assault. Case settled for $1.275 Million.
Meadowood Apartments
- Keith v. Kaimor Management – Tenant was sexually assaulted in her apartment by another tenant who entered her apartment by forcing open the kitchen door.
- Bookman v. Kaimor Management – Tenant was sexually assaulted in her apartment by another tenant who entered her apartment by forcing open the sliding glass door.
- Coleman v. Kaimor Management – Tenant was sexually assaulted in her apartment by another tenant who entered their apartments by forcing open the kitchen door.
NOTE: The three Plaintiffs settled their cases for a total of $3.5 Million.
Royal Wood Apartments
- Bagneski v. Clover Appreciation Properties – Female tenant was attacked in her apartment and stabbed 18 times by an unknown person. Case tried to verdict: $1.5 Million.
- Robinson v. Clover Appreciation Properties – Female tenant was burglarized, attacked and raped in her apartment. Case settled for $475,000.
- Willis v. TCT Development Co. (Kimberly Forest Apartments) – Female tenant was burglarized, robbed, battered, sodomized and raped in her apartment by a tenant of a neighboring apartment complex. Her attacker entered through a bedroom window. Case settled for $530,000.
Druid Valley Apartments
- Wahl v. Krupp Realty – Female tenant was followed to her apartment from a shopping center and sexually assaulted in her apartment. As victim was entering her apartment, the perpetrator forced his way into her apartment. Case settled for confidential, structured amounts.
- Lynott v. Krupp Realty - Female tenant was burglarized and sexually assaulted in her apartment. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Doe v. Krupp Realty - Female tenant was burglarized and sexually assaulted in her apartment. Case settled (confidential) during trial.
- Ballato v. Krupp Realty - Female tenant was burglarized and sexually assaulted in her apartment. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Shaw v. Krupp Realty - Female tenant was burglarized and sexually assaulted in her apartment. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Solomon v. Krupp Realty – Female tenant was sexually assaulted in her apartment. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
Willow Way Apartments
- Cochran v. Executive Affiliates – Attacker broke in through female tenant’s back door and attacked her at knifepoint while her 11 year-old son was sleeping in the next room. Case settled for $600,000 before trial.
- Campbell v. Executive Affiliates – Female tenant was attacked in her apartment. He entered through an open window and raped victim at knifepoint. Case settled for $850,000 before trial. NOTE: Both women were raped by same man in the same complex. Rapist stated during interview he was a cocaine addict who originally went to apartment complex for a pool party but ended up breaking in apartments and committing rapes because he saw the opportunity.
Caldwell Village Apartments
- Doe v. Tempo Management Co. – Female tenant was attacked in her apartment. He entered through a window and raped victim at knifepoint.
- Doe v. Tempo Management Co.– Female tenant was attacked in her apartment. He entered through an open window and raped victim at knifepoint. NOTE: Owner paid in excess of $1.5 Million settlement to these two women.
Related Serial Rapist Cases at Multiple Properties
- Johnson v. Old Ram, Inc. (Castle Terrace Apartments) – Tenant was 9 months pregnant when she assaulted, battered and raped in her apartment at gunpoint by a serial rapist who entered through a living room sliding glass door. Case settled for $350,000.
- Brown v. Brickwood Apartments – Tenant was sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by a serial rapist who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Robinson v. Gary Properties (Brittany Apartments) – Plaintiff was assaulted, battered, and raped at gunpoint in her apartment by a serial rapist who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $450,000.
- Hall v. Wharton (Sterling Terrace Apartments) – Plaintiff was assaulted, battered, sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by a serial rapist who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $350,000.
- Pryor v. Wharton (Sterling Terrace Apartments) – Female tenant was raped and her daughter was sexually assaulted in her apartment by a serial rapist who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $300,000.
- Walton v. Nations Bank (Cedarwood Apartments) – Female tenant was burglarized, assaulted and raped in her apartment by a perpetrator who entered through a sliding glass door. She believed the perpetrator was an employee of the apartment complex. Case settled (Confidential) before trial.
Other Apartment Property Rape/Sexual Assault Cases
- Barr v. Gateway Management Co. – Female tenant was abducted from the common area of her apartment complex at gunpoint, sexually assaulted and raped in a vacant apartment. Case settled for confidential, structured amounts.
- Doe v. Hancock House Apartments – Female tenant, a University of Georgia student, was burglarized, raped and sodomized at knifepoint by an intruder in her apartment in Athens. Management failed to repair a sliding glass door lock after a burglary 3 month prior. Victim made repeated requests that the door lock be fixed. Case settled for $385,000.
- Breach v. Atlanta Housing Authority (Bowen Homes Apartments) – Female tenant was burglarized, assaulted and raped in her apartment by an attacker who entered through a ground floor window. Case settled for an undisclosed amount.
- Commons v. National Operating LP (Village Square Apartments) – Female tenant was sexually assaulted and raped in her cousin’s apartment by an attacker who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $350,000.
- Crutchfield v. Candler Apartments, LTD. (Candler East Apartments) – Female tenant was sexually assaulted and robbed by an unknown assailant in her apartment. Victim had complained to management several times about ineffective locks. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- King v. Peyton Partners (Peyton Garden Estates Apartments) – Female tenant was assaulted at the front door of her apartment by three unknown perpetrators. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Parker v. Plant – Female victim was abducted from a public bus stop by two men who took her to a vacant apartment and took turns sexually assaulting her for about 5 hours and then left her in the vacant apartment. Case settled for an undisclosed amount.
- Doe v. Post Properties (Post Lake Apartments) – Female tenant was sexually assaulted in her apartment by an unknown attacker. Case settled for $125,000.
- Ingram v. Martin Manor, LTD. (Martin Manor Apartments) – Female tenant was assaulted and raped in her apartment by an unknown intruder. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Ward v. Millett (Park Towne North Apartments) – Female tenant was assaulted and sexually battered in her apartment by 3-4 unknown male intruders. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Phillips v. Lake Forrest (Lake Forrest Apartments) – Female tenant was assaulted, battered and raped in her apartment by an unknown male intruder. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Zinn v. Tempo Vista Apartments Co., L.P. (Tempo Vista Apartments) – Female tenant was burglarized, sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by an unknown intruder. He entered her apartment through a bathroom window. Case settled for $500,000.
- Jones v. MAQ/Ashley River Assoc. (Ashley Run Apartments). – Female tenant was assaulted, robbed and raped by unknown intruder in her apartment. Intruder was another tenant at the apartment complex. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Steiert v. Cornerstone Realty Income Trust (Dunwoody Springs Apartments) – Plaintiff was burglarized, sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by an unknown intruder. He entered her apartment through a living room window. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Hillsman v. Greyfield (Cobblestone West Apartments) – Plaintiff was burglarized, sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by an unknown intruder. He entered her apartment through an open living room window. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Drumm v. Chastain Properties (Chastain South Apartments a/k/a Concorde Place Apartments) – Female tenant was burglarized, sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by an unknown attacker. He entered her apartment through a dining room window. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Doe v. Osha Security, Inc. and Nurock Management, Inc. - Minor female was lured into the office of an apartment complex by a security guard who raped and sodomized the girl before taking photographs of her. The security guard was working at the time of the assault for a security company that had prior knowledge of his having exposed himself to a female while on duty at a different apartment complex. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Doe v. Love Properties, Inc. - Female tenant was raped in her apartment when an assailant entered her apartment by gaining access to the attic and breaking through the ceiling of her utility closet. Case settled (confidential) prior to litigation.
- Mallard v. Regency Affordable Housing Corp. (Regency Woods II Apartments).– Plaintiff was burglarized and attacked in her townhouse apartment Attackers entered through a ground floor window. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Garrott v. Williams & Assoc. (Holiday Apartments) – Male tenant was approached outside an Apartment building by an unknown masked assailant who assaulted, robbed and shot victim in both legs.
- Means v. Post Properties (The Fountains Apartments) – Female tenant was harassed and later attacked in her apartment by the apartment complex’s security guard who forced his way into her apartment. Case settled for an undisclosed amount.
- Edwards v. Camden-Summit, Inc. (Summit at Lenox Apartments) – Rape case pending in Fulton Superior Court.
APARTMENT PROPERTY DEATH/ASSAULT CASES
- Seaton v. FPI (Timber Trace Apartments) – Male tenant was abducted from his apartment, forced to return to his place of business which was robbed. He was left in the trunk of his car. Case settled (confidential) during trial. [FPI v. Seaton, 240 Ga. App. 880 (1999)]
- Berry v. Miles Properties, Inc. (Highland Place Apartments) – Visitor was shot several times by trespassers resulting in paraplegia. Case settled before trial for a confidential amount.
- Roberts v. Falcon Arms Assoc. (Shoals Crossing Apartments) – Male victim was visiting a friend’s apartment and was sitting in living room when an intruder kicked in door and shot victim three times. Victim died two weeks later as a result of the gunshots. The other victim who was the tenant was abducted but escaped. Case settled for $650,000.
- Bloodworth v. Summit Creek Apartments – Male tenant was assaulted and shot in the common area immediately outside his apartment by teenagers who were trespassing and loitering. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Herrera v. Park at Lakewood LLC (Park at Lakewood Apartments) – Male tenants were robbed and shot, one fatally, in their apartment by three attackers who entered through the front door. Case settled (confidential) before trial
- Rosemond v. Wood Court, LLC (Wood Court Apartments) – Female tenant was shot and killed in the parking lot of her apartment complex by gang-type attackers who got into a gambling argument and shot grandmother who was carrying her grandchild (who was also shot) to her apartment. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- McLendon v. Lakeside Townhouses, LP – Husband and wife tenants were assaulted and robbed at gunpoint by three unknown intruders who forced open the front door to their apartment. One of the victims was shot by one of the intruders. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Bomo v. Shaw – Shooting death case. Currently pending in DeKalb State Court.
- Thompson v. Executive Affiliates (Lakeside Apartments) – Young female visitor was shot and killed in a friend’s apartment during a home invasion. Case is pending in Coweta Superior Court.
- Phillips v. Gateway Management Co. – Tenant’s adult son was shot and killed in front of her apartment by persons known to her son. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Creamer v. Sun Management, Inc. (Mountain Park Apartments) – Female tenant was shot in her stomach by three (3) unknown males who broke into her apartment and attempted to murder her.
- Lamothe v. Garden Village Square, LP (Village Square Apartments) – Female tenant was at the dumpster at his apartment complex disposing of trash when two unknown perpetrators robbed, brutally beat and kidnapped him. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Holmes v. NHP Management Company (Lake Crossing Apartments) – Female tenant was burglarized, sexually assaulted and stabbed in her apartment by another tenant. He entered her apartment through a scuttle hole he had torn between the exterior closet and laundry room. Case settled for $1 Million.
- Glamsch v. Southern Trace Apartments – Male victim was critically stabbed while apartment sitting for a friend. When he arrived at the apartment at approximately noon, an intruder who was in the process of burglarizing the apartment stabbed and beat the victim who fell threw a plate glass window to the ground. Case settled for confidential amount.
- Walker v. St. Paul Apartments – Elderly female tenant was assaulted in her high rise apartment. As she was leaving her apartment to cross the hall, the intruder forced her back inside at gunpoint, tied her up, robbed and beat her. Case settled after appeal and before trial. [Walker v. St. Paul Apartments, 227 Ga. App. 298 (1997)]
- Finney v. 32 Peachtree Partners LP (The William-Oliver Building Apartments) – Plaintiff was burglarized, sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by an attacker who lived in the same building. He entered her apartment with a key. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Cruz v. Kaplan at Waterford (The Waterford on Piedmont Apartments) – Plaintiff was shot by her ex-boyfriend in the hallway of defendant’s high rise apartment building. Case pending.
HOTEL/MOTEL PROPERTY CASES
- Anderson, et al. v. Omkar Enterprises, d/b/a Quality Inn Northeast – three young women visiting Atlanta from out of state were staying at a locally owned franchise of Quality Inn. All three were raped and orally sodomized in front of each other by a masked gunman who forced his way into the hotel room. Case was settled (confidential) before trial.
- Arriola v. SLT (Starwood Hotels) – Guest was attacked, beaten with a gun and raped by 2 assailants in a hotel parking lot (Lenox Inn). Case tried to verdict: $450,000.
- Allen v. Nathsons Corp. (Macon Inn) – Guest at the hotel was assaulted and robbed by a group of men. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Woods v. New West Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. (Radisson Hotel) – Guest was battered, robbed and raped in her hotel room by an unknown attacker who followed her in the hallway and forced her into her room. Case settled for $600,000.
- Hilliard v. Patel (Knights Inn Motel) – Guest was robbed and shot in his motel room by 3 to 5 unknown attackers who broke into his room, shot him and stole his money. At the time the motel did not have deadbolt locks installed on the doors. Case settled for $669,750.
- Hils v. H.R.S. Hotels Corp (Scottish Inn) – Guest was attacked, sexually assaulted and raped in her hotel room by an unknown attacked who forced his way into her room. Case settled for $400,000.
- Murie v. Diplomat Hotel Corp. (Red Roof Hotel) – Guest was sexually assaulted and raped in her hotel room by an unknown attacker who followed her into an elevator and to her hotel room. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Chase v. The Alamo Corporation (Alamo Plaza Motel) – Guests were robbed and murdered (2 were murdered and 1 survived) in a room of the motel by female impersonators. The owner was aware of the illegal activities taking place there. Case settled for undisclosed amount.
- Shropshire v. Hilton Hotels Corp. (Atlanta Hilton Towers Hotel) – Three guests were murdered in their hotel room by an intruder who gained entry by unknown method. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Bosiger v. Red Roof Inns, Inc. and Accor Economy Lodging, Inc. - Traveling businessman was attacked and robbed at gunpoint after checking in and entering his room for the first time. Case settled during litigation (confidential) in Federal Court.
CONDOMINIUM/RENTAL HOUSE CASES
- Isaacs v. Brookwood Park Condominium Assoc. – Tenant was taking packages from her vehicle in a covered parking lot when she was assaulted, robbed, kidnapped and raped by an unknown assailant. Case settled for $325,000.
- Miller V. Bradford Square Condominiums – Plaintiff and her husband were carjacked in the condominium complex and her husband was shot to death. Case appealed. [Bradford Square v. Miller, 258 Ga. App. 240 (2002)]
- Kirayoglu v. Bachman – Female tenant was visiting the residence when she was bound, gagged held at knifepoint and raped in the rental home by an intruder who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $460,000.
- Schnebli v. Bachman – One victim was assaulted and raped inside her rental home and other two occupants were assaulted by an intruder. On previous occasions, they had incidents with an intruder gaining or attempting to gain entry into their rental home and both times called the police and landlords and requested that burglar bars be installed. The intruder entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $350,000.
- Burnett v. Kimbrough – Female tenant was burglarized and attacked in her rented house. Attacker entered through a ground floor window. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Grindle v. Patsen Properties, Inc. – Male tenant was shot and paralyzed by another tenant of the trailer park where he was doing some maintenance work. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
RETAIL/AMUSEMENT PARK CASES
- Hawthorne v. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games – 1996 Olympic Park Bombing case. Eric Rudolph killed Alice Hawthorne and injured 45 other people with a pipe bomb. Case was resolved after 8 years of litigation, including appeals to the Georgia Supreme Court. [see Hawthorne v. ACOG, 273 Ga.113 (2000); Hawthorne v. ACOG, 261 Ga. App. 895 (2003); ACOG v. Hawthorne, 278 Ga. 116 (2004)];
- Grier v. Kroger – Female customer was abducted in front of the 24-hour supermarket, gang raped twice, then kidnapped to Florida. Case settled (confidential) for victim’s demand during trial.
- Kim v. AMF Bowling Centers, Inc. – Male customer was abducted from defendant’s parking lot (Fair Lanes Gwinnett) and murdered. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Alvarez v. Atlanta Motor Speedway – Spectator was abducted, raped and murdered in an empty corporate suite by a food vendor employee. Case settled (confidential) before suit was filed.
- Doe v. MARTA – Female passenger was attacked and sexually assaulted in a MARTA station elevator in downtown Atlanta. Case settled (confidential) before a lawsuit was filed.
- Joseph v. MARTA – Male passenger shot in leg during crossfire after getting off bus at bus loop of College Park transit station. Pending.
- Clements v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. – Female passenger was sexually assaulted in the Greyhound bus station baggage storage area by a baggage handler. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Burgess v. Georgia State Theatres, Inc. – Female cleaning person was attacked in a movie theatre by an unknown assailant while she was cleaning the theatre. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Martin v. Six Flags Over Georgia – Young man attacked by large gang outside the amusement park. Pending.
CONVENIENCE STORE/RESTAURANT/BAR/CLUB CASES
- Tubbs v. Holmes Convenience Corporation – Customer was shot in the back and carjacked while in convenience store parking lot. Pending.
- Asbell v. BP Oil – Store employees were robbed and shot in convenience stores by unknown robbers. One died while the other survived. Cases appealed. [Asbell v. BP Oil, 230 Ga. App. 700 (1998)]
- Galan v. T-RAE (Buddy’s Food Store) – Customer was robbed and shot while putting gas in his car at a convenience store. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Alfred v. Right Stuff Food Stores – Customer was assaulted, robbed, kidnapped and shot at a convenience store while using the pay phone outside by an unknown assailant. When Plaintiff tried to escape he was struck by a bullet in his back paralyzing him. Case appealed, 241 Ga. App. 338 (1999)
- Doe v. RTM Restaurant Group, Inc., et al. (Hardee’s) - Woman was attacked in the bathroom of a Hardee's by an ex-employee who had been loitering on the property and exhibiting bizarre and threatening behavior. Case was settled during litigation (confidential).
- Botsford v. International Follies (Cheetah Club) – Guests were shot, two were injured and one died by 2 underage club goers who were rejected from entering, so they returned to their car and fired shots into the others waiting at the entrance. Case settled for $1,000,000.
- Knudson v. Lenny’s – Husband and wife were at a bar where an underage male assaulted the husband with a beer bottle causing severe facial nerve damage. [Knudson v. Lenny’s, 202 Ga. App. 85 (1991)]
- Ford v. Jazzy T’s – Two brothers were both shot in the parking lot of a strip club and pool hall by an unknown gunman after leaving the club because of an argument inside. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Gooden v. Royal Peacock – Young woman attacked by patron causing severe facial laceration. Case pending in Fulton State Court.
ACQUAINTANCE RAPE/STALKING CASES
Doe v. Smith (alias) - Woman was raped by an Atlanta attorney while she was a guest in his home. Case settled prior to litigation for a confidential amount.
Perry v. Blackwell – Woman raped and photographed by friend while she was Defendant’s home. Defendant sentenced on related criminal charges. Case pending in DeKalb Superior Court.
Doe v. Burke - Woman was continually harassed by an ex-boyfriend who also was taking steps to build a house in the same neighborhood as the victim's new home. Case was settled for $50,000 with agreement that perpetrator not build the home and execute a consent Permanent Protective Order.
Doe v. Wong - Minor female was victim of college student who was following her over a period of weeks. Temporary Protective Order obtained for client and case settled for a confidential amount prior to litigation.
CHILD MOLESTATION/CHILD ABUSE CASES
- Doe v. Williams - Minor female was sexually assaulted by her maternal grandfather who entered "Guilty" plea in criminal case. Case settled during litigation for $100,000.
- Crews v. Holtzclaw - Minor female was sexually assaulted by step-father who entered "Guilty" plea in criminal case. Client awarded $500,000 at bench trial.
- Doe v. Davis - Minor female was sexually assaulted by her step-grandfather who entered a "Guilty" plea in criminal case. The perpetrator died while serving his sentence, after which a lawsuit was filed against his estate. Case settled during litigation for $82,500.
- Robert v. Fulkerson - Minor boy was routinely molested after cutting grass for a man who was a friend of the boy's family from church. Case was settled during litigation for a confidential amount.
- Doe v. Hinson - Minor female was assaulted by her step-grandfather who entered "Guilty" plea in criminal case. Case settled during litigation for $50,000.
- Doe v. Rockdale Board of Education (Heritage High School) – ROTC instructor molested 5 female students, the incidents primarily occurred in his office & windowless room at the ROTC building where students, alone with the instructor were fitted for uniforms. The principal was informed by the victims of the incident but did nothing. Case settled on appeal for a confidential amount.
- Manning v. Holly Ridge Apartments (Holly Ridge Apartments) – Seven year-old was playing in common area of his apartment complex when another boy attacked him with a broken liquor bottle found on the premises, causing severe laceration to the face. Case settled during litigation for confidential amount.
- Duffey v. JMK Corporation (Foxcreek Apartments) – Young female tenant was sexually assaulted and raped in her apartment by an attacker who entered through a kitchen window. Case settled for $750,000.
- Hall v. Morton Realty Co. (Simpson Valley Apartments) – Minor tenant was shot in parking lot of his apartment complex by teenager. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
MEDICAL CENTER CASES
- Haser v. NME Psychiatric Hospital (Laurel Heights Hospital) – Patient was a minor admitted to the hospital who was sexually assaulted and molested by another male patient and inappropriately touched by a staff member. Case tried and Plaintiff awarded partial money damages.
- Martin v. Emory Hospital - Female patient was sexually fondled by a staff respiratory therapist. Hospital and University Police Department had reports of similar incidents involving other, incapacitated patients in the months preceding but had not identified or removed the perpetrator from the premises. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
CONSTRUCTION SITE CASES
- Carney v. JDN Enterprises – Visitor was injured when she fell through an uncovered manhole in a newly opened shopping center parking lot. Case was tried to verdict after an appeal. [Carney v. JDN Enterprises, 206 Ga. App. 785 (1992)]
- Baggett v. Universal Steel – Construction worker was injured and later died as a result of falling from the second floor of a building under construction. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Strickland v. Lockheed Martin Corp. – Construction steel worker was installing decking at the construction site when he fell approximately two floors, resulting in paralysis. The case was tried to verdict.
- Welch v. Atlantic Steel Co. – Construction worker was a steel worker and was severely injured by an overhead crane while working in a steel plant. Case tried and re-tried. Settled during second trial for $475,000.
- Fincher v. Lake Avenue Assoc. - Construction worker was installing decking at the construction site when he fell one floors, resulting in severe injuries. The case is pending.
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE/WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASES
- Korner v. Education Management Corp. (Art Institute of Atlanta) – Female counselor/therapist was physically attacked by student and was unable to return to work because of psychological trauma. Award of benefits affirmed by Georgia Court of Appeals in 2007. (Korner v. Education Management Corp., et al., 281 Ga. App. 322 (2006)).
- Charania v. Rehan Corp., Georgia Insurers’ Insolvency Pool - Store employee was robbed and murdered at convenience stored where he worked. Partial settlement for death benefits with GIIP. Case pending before WC Board.
- Barton v. RTG Furniture Corp. (Rooms To Go) - Female employee was taking cash and check receipts to bank when she was robbed at gunpoint. Case settled during litigation with employer/insurer for a confidential amount.
- Suissa v. Toni Lucci Furs/Buckhead Plaza – Victim store employee was assaulted and murdered at her place of employment by unknown person. Settled for confidential amount.
NON-CRIMINAL PREMISES LIABILITY CASES
- Harris v. Home Depot – Minor was with her parents shopping and was severely injured when a wall cabinet fell on her because it was not properly secured. Case settled (confidential) before trial.
- Chesla v. Post Properties – Plaintiff dove into a mis-marked swimming pool (Post Chase Apartments) resulting in paralysis. Case tried to verdict: $785,000.
- Harmon v. City of College Park – Plaintiff was swept away into a storm drain system during a torrential downpour. Her body was swept under the Hartsfield International Airport into the Flint River and never recovered. Case settled during appeal for a confidential amount. [Harmon v. City of College Park, 218 Ga. App. 136 (1995)]
- Lambert v. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta Airport) – Passenger fell down stairs while embarking her plane hitting her head against a steel I-beam located at the bottom of the steps. Case settled for $150,000.
- Rushing v. Morningside Chase Apartments – Two brothers were grilling on their apartment balcony and fell over the railing causing spinal injuries. The handrails violated building code requirements. Case settled before trial for confidential amount.
NON-SEXUAL INTENTIONAL INJURY CASES
- Doe v. Thomas and U-Haul Co. of GA - False Arrest/False Imprisonment case in which the manager of U-Haul rental facility caused the wrongful arrest of a woman who was a customer of the store. Case settled during litigation for a confidential amount.
- Costanzo v. Tyler - Intentional Tort/Battery case in which a man was waiting in bathroom line at a restaurant when he was attacked and struck in the face and head by defendant wielding a beer bottle. Case settled during litigation against perpetrator for a confidential amount.
- Ussery v. Loggins - Intentional Tort/Battery case in which a man was attending a high school reunion being held at a local hotel when he was attacked by another attendee. Client suffered head injuries, including memory loss. Jury verdict returned against the perpetrator for $192,000.
AUTOMOBILE DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY CASES
- Parks v. Green - Two-year old boy was run over and killed in his own driveway by a truck being driven by his maternal grandmother. Case settled prior to litigation for a confidential insurance policy limit amount.
- Taft v. Smith - 28-year old male was riding his motorcycle when a car turned left in front of him, killing him on impact. Case settled prior to litigation for a confidential insurance policy limit amount.
- Moore v. Barton – Head-on collision. Young female minor was killed and mother was severely injured on I-185 when an elderly man drove the wrong way and struck them head-on. Case settled before trial for a confidential amount.
- Bailey v. General Electric Corp. – Victim was ejected from a one vehicle crash which resulted in quadriplegia. Case settled before trial for confidential amount.
- Kahn v. Sears Roebuck – Minor was riding a go kart which overturned causing a fire which burned his upper body. Case settled for confidential amount after one mistrial.
- Hensley v. National Freight Transportation – Young female was killed on I-85 when metal coils fell from a flatbed tractor trailer. Case partially settled for a confidential amount. Case on appeal in North Carolina.
- Bauer v. MARTA - Woman was walking in the marked crosswalk of intersection while "WALK" sign was lit. MARTA bus driver with extensive record of poor driving turned bus into crosswalk and struck client, causing multiple injuries including a closed-head injury that resulted in a seizure condition. Case settled during litigation for a confidential amount.
- Simons v. MSJ Corp. - Client was driving her car in connection with work when sideswiped by a car that left the scene, causing extensive injuries to her ankle and foot. Case settled with Workers’ Compensation carrier for lump sum and with uninsured motorist carrier for policy limits of $100,000.
DUI WRECKS AND DRAM SHOP CASES
- Daniel v. Stephens – Head-on collision. Plaintiff was severely injured when intoxicated defendant crossed over the centerline and struck her head-on. Case settled (confidential) during trial.
- Holt, Messier v. Morton and Brenwal, Inc. - Mother and adult daughter were struck head-on by intoxicated driver who had been drinking heavily at a Lithonia, GA bar and who had a previous DUI. Case settled during litigation against intoxicated driver and the bar for a confidential amount.
- Jolly v. Frazier - Woman and her two minor children were struck head-on by an intoxicated driver. Mother and son suffered minor injuries due to use of seatbelts and airbags. Daughter in back seat suffered serious abdominal injuries. Case settled during litigation for confidential insurance policy limits.
- Frank v. Brown and Dos Copas, Inc. - Young woman stopped her car on the side of the road after seeing a deer get hit. While outside her car an intoxicated driver struck her after leaving a local restaurant, causing extensive injuries to the client's legs. Case settled during litigation for a confidential amount against intoxicated driver and restaurant.
- Bell v. IDK, Inc. (Babes Pub & Pool) - Man was killed in automobile collision caused by intoxicated driver who had been drinking at an Atlanta strip club. Case settled against club during litigation for a confidential amount.