This settlement made a huge difference for a family in need. The lives of Karter Thompson,* her brother and sisters, and her parents were changed forever by a vehicle-on-pedestrian accident. Karter was jogging through a crosswalk on her high school’s campus when a student driver sped past several moving buses,…
Butler Kahn recently obtained a confidential settlement on behalf of the family of a commercial diver whose life was tragically cut short during a routine dive at a hydroelectric dam. Georgia Power, which owned and operated the dam, admitted that it violated its own lockout-tagout (“LOTO”) procedures in connection with…
We’ve handled lots of cases involving tragic losses, hard-fought litigation, and large dollar figures, but we don’t always see forgiveness. That’s what made this case unique. The case was principally handled by Jeb Butler, Tom Giannotti, and Melody Walker. About Rosie Minor Rosie Minor was a special person. At 76…
Butler Kahn recently obtained a $2,300,000 settlement in a pedestrian accident case. On Mother’s Day 2022, our client was out enjoying a morning walk when she was struck by an inattentive driver inside a marked crosswalk. Instead of celebrating the day with her daughter and husband, our 73-year-old client spent…
Butler | Kahn recently obtained a $1,600,000 settlement for our client whose father was killed while walking in a parking lot. The settlement reflects the full policy limits of the at-fault driver’s automobile and umbrella insurance policies, plus applicable underinsured motorist (“UM”) coverage. Here’s more about the case. Facts of…
Butler Kahn recently obtained a $2,000,000 settlement in a wrongful death case involving a farm worker who was pinned between a peanut trailer and a pickup truck. The decedent was helping his employer connect the tongue of the peanut wagon to the trailer hitch of the truck, when his employer…
Butler Kahn recently obtained a $325,000 settlement in a car accident case. Our client was stopped in traffic during her morning commute when she was rear-ended. As a result of the wreck, our 30-year-old client suffered from debilitating back, neck, and shoulder pain for over a year until she underwent…
Butler | Kahn recently obtained a $720,000 settlement in a commercial accident case involving a driver who wasn’t paying attention and a major company that operates thousands of delivery vans. The name of the company is confidential at the company’s insistence. Here’s more about the case, plus video reviews from…
Butler Kahn recently got a $1,000,000 policy limits settlement in a wrongful death, negligent security case arising from a shooting. Where someone is hurt or killed by a criminal act at a business, the business can be held responsible where the danger from criminal activity is known or should have…
