Attorney Ryals Drayton Stone's Legal Cases

Insurance fraud

Evans v. The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., et al. (Early County State Court 2014)

Mar 10, 2014

OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement just prior to Closing Arguments

Industrial steam boiler explosion at a Cedar Springs paper mill during which the Plaintiff suffered nearly fatal, catastrophic burn injuries to over 67% of his body; Plaintiff also discovered that Defe ... ndant The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. for several years had been conducting & filing "fake" boiler inspections with the GA Dept of Law while also issuing "sham" boiler insurance policies that provided no actual insurance coverage as required by the Georgia Boiler Safety Act, which amounted to multiple violations of the Georgia Boiler Safety Act as well as Georgia's civil fraud & RICO (Rackeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations) statutes. Defendant finally settled all of Plaintiff's claims on the eve of Closing Arguments after 5 weeks of trial.

Personal injury

Wright v. Aldredge (Fayette County Superior Court, 2011)

Oct 29, 2013

OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement due to Defendant's impending spoliation sanctions

Invitee party guest Plaintiff suffered permanent and non-permanent injuries to her face and lower body when the elevated wooden deck collapsed off the back of the rental house due to extensive rotting ... & lack of flashing required by Code; Homeowner/landlord's insurer destroyed & spoliated nearly all of the incriminating rotted deck evidence in light of Plaintiff's and approx. 15 other claimants' injuries, despite having already received Plaintiff's Preservation of Evidence Demand letter.

Slip and fall accident

Widner v. J.H. Harvey, Food Lion, LLC, et al. (Gwinnett County State Court 2013)

Aug 24, 2012

OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement prior to trial

Elderly plaintiff suffered catastrophic permanent injuries to her left leg (including a horrific left knee dislocation requiring a total knee replacement) and other permanent injuries to her lower extr ... emities when she slipped on a non-evident clear liquid substance while shopping for her groceries that Defendant grocery store failed to remove from the aisle floor despite the store manager possessing superior knowledge of the clear substance's presence on the floor and store's assigning the aisle cleaning duties to a mentally-challenged employee.

Trucking accident

Foster v. Landstar Ranger, Inc., et al. (2011)

Sep 23, 2011

OUTCOME: $40,175,000.00 Jury Verdict

Wrongful Death case in the State Court of Cobb County, Georgia against the Trucking Company whose tractor trailer driver ran a stop sign, killing two people and injuring a third. Cobb County jury awar ... ded a Georgia record verdict for a single individual's wrongful death trucking case after a 2-week trial.

Ryals Drayton Stone's Legal Cases (4)

Evans v. The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., et al. (Early County State Court 2014)

Wright v. Aldredge (Fayette County Superior Court, 2011)

Widner v. J.H. Harvey, Food Lion, LLC, et al. (Gwinnett County State Court 2013)

Foster v. Landstar Ranger, Inc., et al. (2011)