Attorney Alan Cleveland's Legal Cases

Personal injury

Pit Bull Attack-Disfiguring Injury

Apr 11, 2016

OUTCOME: $300,000

The Case: Client came home from work to find her back fence neighbor's two pit bulls in her back back yard. She called Animal Control and took her dog outside her front door and down the street for a ... walk. One of the pit bulls jumped on the air conditioner unit and over the fence and rushed down the street to attack her and her dog. She suffered a viscous wound in the form of de-gloving of the skin on her forearm. The Result: After an extensive investigation, tit was determined that the Pit Bull's owner had limited assets and their homeowner's insurer tendered their policy limits.

Car accident

Head on Collision-Shoulder Injury

Mar 13, 2014

OUTCOME: $1,105,000

The Case: Client worked as a household goods truck driver. Arriving one evening at is destination, he legally parked his tractor-trailer on curb on the street and went to sleep in the cab bunk. A Li ... mousine driver came down the dead end road at a high rate of speed and hit the tractor head on, knocking the client out of his bunk and onto his shoulder, requiring months of treatment and two surgeries. The at fault driver fled the scene and reported the crash two days later. The Result: The defendant's insurer would not make a reasonable offer of settlement and suit was filed. After months of bitter litigation, the jury returned a verdict that was ten times higher than the last insurer offer.

Workers compensation

Workers Compensation- Knee Injury & Complications

Jan 01, 2013

OUTCOME: $195,000

The Case: Client worked as a security guard and injured his knee when he fell down an embankment while making his rounds. He tore his meniscus and underwent surgery. He developed blood clots after the ... surgery requiring extensive treatment. His knee did not improve and he began to develop back problems due to altered gait. The Result: A dispute arose regarding the causation of his back injury. The Employer/Insurer chose to settle the claim after the treating doctor opined that the back problems were related to the knee injury. Part of the settlement included the insurer setting aside funding for future treatment.

Wrongful death

Wrongful Death-Daycare Drowning

Nov 17, 2011

OUTCOME: $9.85 Million Verdict

The Case: In 2009, Clients’ 2 yr old son drowned in an above ground pool at his in-home daycare when the woman running the facility left him and 2 other young children unattended. It was determined th ... at the daycare facility was operating illegally and the pool violated the Gwinnett County Pool Ordinance because it did not have a 4 ft fence around it, nor did it have any self-closing and self-locking gates on any of the openings in the fence. The Result: After hearing the case, a State Court jury awarded $50,000 for pain and suffering and awarded the parents $9.8 Million for the wrongful death of their young son. The insurance company had an opportunity early in the case to settle for the policy limits but refused to do so. The verdict exceeded the disclosed policy limits by several million dollars and pre-judgment interest on the liquidated demand exceeds $900,000.

Car accident

Rear End Collision- Aggravation of Back Injury

Jan 01, 2010

OUTCOME: $289,000

The Case: Client was rear ended by defendant as he was driving home from work, suffering aggravation of a low back injury that resulted in multiple fusion surgeries. Client missed several months of wo ... rk. The Result: The defendant’s insurance company would not make a reasonable offer of settlement and suit was filed. The case settled during mediation a few days before trial.

Alan Cleveland's Legal Cases (5)

Pit Bull Attack-Disfiguring Injury

Head on Collision-Shoulder Injury

Workers Compensation- Knee Injury & Complications

Wrongful Death-Daycare Drowning

Rear End Collision- Aggravation of Back Injury