Atlanta, GA
Personal injury Lawyer at Atlanta, GA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiff in the amount of $300,000.00 (reduced by 15%)
Our client slipped and fell on a liquid in the freezer aisle of a grocery store. She suffered tears in her hip and knee, and, as a result, required two surgeries. There was a nearly seven-month gap i ... n treatment.
OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiffs for almost $30,000.00 plus their attorney's fees paid by Insurance Company
In 2014, two teenage sisters were traveling down a busy street in Clayton County, GA. As they entered an intersection on a green light, they were t-boned by a woman who ran a red light. The injuries ... suffered by the plaintiffs resulted in over $17,000 total in medical bills alone. The woman who hit them, along with the insurance company representing her, refused to accept responsibility for running the red light for the next two years as the girls recovered from their injuries. Finally, after a heavily contested two-day trial in Henry County, the Jury found in favor of both plaintiffs, and the girls finally received redemption.
OUTCOME: Pre-trial settlement in excess of $2,000,000.00.
Head on collision by 21 year old on the night of her birthday with a husband and wife in Atlanta, Georgia. My investigation, research, and knowledge of the area led to finding the third party bar resp ... onsible for allowing their off-duty employee to ingest enough alcohol to register above a .30 BAC. They then let her drive home thus resulting in this collision.
OUTCOME: $125,000.00 Settlement
In the late night hours during April 2014, my client was a passenger in his friend's car in downtown Atlanta. As his friend changed lanes, they were hit behind by drunk driver. The police officer's i ... nvestigation led to a DUI arrest of the gentlemen that hit them from behind, but blamed the car wreck on my client's friend for failure to yield when changing lanes. I received the case less than one month prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations. I immediately filed suit and had the defendants served. After some litigation, a settlement was reached.
OUTCOME: Acquittal on Attempted Murder
In 2011, Mr. Thomas was robbed at gunpoint by three assailants off I-20 in Fulton County, GA. Mr. Thomas, an authorized carrier, pulled his weapon and fought back against the would-be robbers. The re ... sulting shoot-out was observed by an off-duty officer from his personal vehicle. As Mr. Thomas ran across a road in broad daylight screaming for help while being shot at into a fast food parking lot, the off duty officer exited his vehicle and tackled Mr. Thomas to the ground. The three assailants ran away, not to be arrested for days. The officer wrestled Mr. Thomas' arms behind his back as he pleaded that he had just been robbed and struggled. The officer, whose weapon was still drawn during this struggle, fired a shot as Thomas lay on his back looking away from him. Somehow, by a miracle, Thomas was not hit. However, he assumed this off-duty officer was now part of the crew and turned around and fired the last two bullets in his gun at the officer hitting him in the bulletproof vest and arm. A civilian then ran over Mr. Thomas with his car and he was subdued. After two long years of litigation, Keith Evra and and David Wolfe went to trial against the Fulton District Attorney's Office, represented by two top Assistant District Attorneys. It was a difficult case, as everyone agreed this should have never gone to trial as all the good guys had each made mistakes that day in 2011. However, the State charged Mr. Thomas with attempted murder along with many other charges in an attempt to make what Mr. Thomas did look much worse on paper than it was in true life. After a week-long trial, the jury acquitted Mr. Thomas on Attempted Murder. They hung on the remaining charges. Some time later, Mr. Thomas would agree to a first offender probation plea on one remaining charge. He is now a successful businessman. The officer fully recovered a short time after the incident and still works for the APD.
OUTCOME: Appeal Won before Georgia Supreme Court; Convinced District Attorney to Dismiss Murder Case w/o Trial
In 2010, a 15 year old boy left his bus after school and arrived home to find his Grandmother -- who grew up pig-tying on her father's farm -- had hung herself in a seated position by wrapping a teleph ... one around her neck and applying an expert knot so that she could not remove the cord once fully tightened. When the boy found his grandma, she felt cold as if she had done it much earlier in the day. Neighbors were called over and EMS. All agreed she was showing signs of rigor mortis minutes after being discovered by the boy, thus rendering it impossible the boy could have committed the crime as rigor does not set in for at least an hour after death in most instances. This boy had a supposed history of making outlandish threats, however, to his class and bus-mates. Being one of the only African Americans in rural, Dalton, GA, it was too easy for friends, teachers, and ultimately the authorities to single him out and blame him with killing his own grandmother. No one believed him but his family and his legal counsel, Keith Evra and David Wolfe. David and Keith developed a very detailed and nuanced argument over the next two years to assure that even if they lost at trial, the most the boy could face would be punishment in a juvenile court (confinement until age 21 years). Essentially, David and Keith argued that a juvenile, under the applicable statute, is detained more than 180 days without an indictment when on house arrest and ankle monitor. The trial court agreed and transferred to juvenile court. The State Prosecutor filed interlocutory appeal prior to trial and after successful argument by David and Keith in the Georgia Supreme Court, State v. Johnson, S12A2085, February 4, 2013, the appeal was dismissed. Afterward, Keith was able to convince the District Attorney that the knot applied and other forensic evidence (like her body temperature, rigor mortis, and bible passage purposely left open on her bed regarding "facing your fears and doing what is necessary") showed the juvenile was innocent. Trial never even happened as the case was dismissed 3 years later.
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