Premises Liability Apartment Complex, Federal Court, Northern District of Georgia

J.R. $5,300,000 Trial Verdict

J.R.’s case was the highest personal injury verdict in the Federal Courts of Georgia for 2017. J.R. was living in an apartment complex in DeKalb County. Late one night while celebrating his girlfriend’s birthday, J.R. became intoxicated and fell into the guardrail of his apartment. The guardrail gave way and J.R. fell three stories to the ground. J.R. suffered a permanent spinal cord injury and is currently receiving ongoing care. J.R. hired Andrew, and Andrew was able to retain experts who discovered that J.R.s’ guardrail was improperly built and should have been fixed by his apartment complex’s management. After years of work, a federal jury held the apartment complex responsible for J.R.’s catastrophic and permanent injuries. J.R. won the largest personal injury jury verdict in the Federal Courts of Georgia for 2017 at $5,300,000.