Our Case Results

In 2022 our firm recovered the full policy limits from a convenience store that sold alcohol to a person the store knew or should have known was intoxicated.  The driver then drank more alcohol, drove away from the store and crashed into our client.  A separate additional settlement was reached with the drunk driver. 

5 year old girl was attacked by a large dog while playing in her yard.  She suffered several bites, resulting in permanent scaring.  We were able to show that the dog was carelessly managed by its owner allowing it to roam freely, and therefore, the dog was arguably vicious under Georgia law.  

Our firm recently settled a car accident for the policy limits for a front seat passenger who was hit by a driver who failed to yield while turning left.  The insurance company argued that the injuries were minor and unrelated to the accident.  However, our client’s medical and legal team were able to support the accident as the cause of the injuries. 

In 2023 our firm recovered a mediated settlement of $425,000 for a client who was rear-ended by a police officer.  Even though it seemed like fault should have been clear, we were forced to file suit after the County refused to settle.  In discovery we were able to prove that the police officer had been disciplined numerous times for dangerous driving and failure to follow police procedures.  Once the evidence came to light, the County settled. 

In late 2022 our firm recovered $275,000 for a client who injured her leg when she partly fell through a wooden staircase outside the back door of her apartment building.  The management company failed to file an Answer to the Complaint, but later hired an attorney to set aside the default, blaming the insurance company for not filing an Answer.  Although Courts usually open default, our lawyers Justin Oliverio and Bruce Millar were able to successfully argue in both the Trial Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals that the management company had failed to check to be certain its insurance company had filed an Answer.  Once our firm won the Appeal, the insurance company wrote a large check. 

In late 2022 our firm negotiated a settlement of over $450,000 for a child injured by a falling hotel room TV set.  In this case, the hotel had placed an old 32-inch picture-tube television on a small chest of drawers.  When the child opened the top drawer, the entire cabinet and TV fell over on top of him.  Our firm filed suit and hired a furniture safety expert who investigated and determined that the hotel violated industry and safety standards, resulting in a substantial settlement. 

The Millar Law Firm recovered the full home-owner’s policy limit from a landlord in a hotly-contested insurance coverage dispute.  Our client was a guest visiting a friend who was renting a home.  While socializing on the porch, the railing gave way causing the young lady to fall off the porch and sustain an injury.  The landlord’s insurance refused to extend coverage for the incident claiming the landlord was unaware that the railing was failing.  Our office was able to prove that the “tenant” was actually the landlord’s grand-daughter living rent-free, and thus, a resident relative of the homeowner.  Upon threating the insurance company with a bad-faith action, the carrier quickly paid the full policy limit. 

In the spring of 2022 our firm recovered $125,000 for a teenage girl who was knocked down by a large pit-bull mix. The dog escaped from its yard and knocked down the child, who was walking her dog at the time. The dog’s owner tried to blame the girl for causing her own injuries by “running” away from the dog. Our office was able to prove that the attacking dog was a known nuisance, and had escaped its yard several times before attacking the victim. 

In the fall of 2022 our firm successfully recovered over $425,000 for a child injured when a large television overturned on him in a hotel room.  The hotel tried to blame the child and his parents for pulling the television over.  Our firm hired a commercial furniture expert to analyze the incident.  The expert determined that the television was not properly secured and was too large, so that when the child opened a drawer, the TV and dresser became unsteady and toppled over. 

In 2022 our firm recovered $1.3M for our client who was injured when a Tractor Trailer truck owned by a well-known delivery company changed lanes into her.  The 18-wheeler “hooked” the side of our client’s passenger sedan with the wheel and fender of the truck’s cab, and dragged her along the highway.  The semi-driver tried to blame our client for changing lanes into him.  Our firm performed a full accident-reconstruction and were able to prove, using the angle of the truck’s wheel and the impact damage to the passenger car, that the only way the collision could have happened was the truck turning toward the car.  The trucking company settled at mediation. 

In July 2024 our trial team received a $110,000.00 Jury Verdict after a four day jury trial.  Our client suffered two herniated discs and had about $35,000.00 in past medical bills, with no expected future medical expenses.  The defendant had turned left in front of our client at an intersection with a flashing yellow turn arrow.  The Defendant claimed that our client was speeding and came out of nowhere.  Our client admitted to going about 50 MPH in a 45 MPH zone.  The verdict was reduced to $77,000.00 due to the Jury placing 30% of fault on the Plaintiff. 

Our client was being chased by defendants’ loose dog and suffered a knee injury climbing a tree to get to safety.  Although the defendant dog-owners claimed that their dog never went off leash or chased after the Plaintiff, we were able to discover that the defendants had posted online that they had been walking their dog without leashing it.  The case was settled at mediation after numerous factual and medical depositions were completed and the case was ready to be scheduled for trial. 

In 2024 our Attorney Justin Oliverio recovered $375,000.00 from a trucking company for rotator cuff tear.  The incident happened as our client was driving a forklift from the back of a truck onto a loading dock, when the truck began driving away from the dock.  The trucker negligently failed to confirm that the forklift had cleared and finished exiting the truck before driving away. 

Our client was rear-ended by a County Water Authority truck and required two back surgeries.  The defense argued that his injuries were pre-existing.  After filing suit and taking the surgeon’s deposition, the case settled at mediation for one-million dollars. 

In an unusual accident, our client was standing inside her home watching a property manager cut a tree limb.  Because the limb was not properly tied off, when the defendant cut the branch, it struck the ground and bounced into the window our client was standing in front of.  She fell backward when the limb struck the window and injured her hip.  Although the defense claimed that our client was simply “clumsy” and had injured herself, they settled on the Court House steps for half a million dollars. 

In one of the largest recoveries in the State of Georgia purely for loss of consortium, in 2023 our attorney Justin Oliverio recovered $1,000,000.00 for the wife of a contractor who died after falling through a ceiling.  After making a recovery for the wrongful death, Justin went on to receive one of the largest awards ever purely for loss of consortium, which was appealed by the insurance company.  The case settled for $1,000,000.00 at mediation. 

Our client was rear ended by a tractor-trailer truck on I-285 near Atlanta.  Although she was able to drive her car home after the accident, she developed leg pain requiring treatment from an orthopedic doctor.  The Millar Law Firm filed suit after the trucking company’s insurance company gave our client a low-ball offer.  After suit was filed we discovered that truck driver had slept less than three hours the night before the accident and may have caused the accident by falling asleep

In 2023 our office recovered $425,000.00 for our client injured when a police officer crashed into him while he was stopped on a highway exit ramp.  After receiving no settlement offer, our office filed suit and discovered that the officer had been involved in several other accidents and had been previously disciplined for engaging in dangerous high speed driving.  Once this evidence was discovered, the County that employed the police officer quickly settled the case. 

In late 2023 our office recovered several settlements, including home-owners policy limits from one defendant and contributing settlement from a retailer and a youth organization for a drowning.  The case was vigorously defended, as the defendants claimed that the youth organization was not insured for the incident and the retail establishment claimed that it owed no duty to provide a lifeguard. 

Our client was injured in a retail store, when a chair that she was testing out collapsed due to a hidden defect.   The store initially denied any responsibility, and tried to blame the chair’s manufacturer.  However, after suit was filed the store destroyed the chair before it could be examined by attorneys and expert witnesses.  Our office filed a motion for sanctions for “spoliation” (destruction) of evidence.  The case settled shortly after the Court granted the Motion and imposed sanctions on the Defendant Store. 

Our client was riding his motorcycle in a neighborhood near his home when a loose bike-chasing dog ran into the road, knocking him over. He suffered a broken ankle. The dog owner first refused to notify her insurance company, then denied that she had negligently failed to confine her dog to her property. After a hard-fought lawsuit, the defendant’s homeowner’s insurance company paid a six-figure settlement.

Our client was injured in an accident on Interstate 85 near Atlanta, when the at-fault driver swerved into her, causing both vehicles to crash. The at-fault driver tried to blame a phantom “John Doe” for cutting her off. We filed suit and discovered that the defendant had been driving all-night and that it was likely she had fallen asleep. When it became clear that the negligent driver and her Insurance Company would lose at trial, they agreed to a large confidential settlement.

Our client claimed that a rideshare driver ran a red light. The driver and her passengers claimed they had a green light. Both our client and the rideshare driver were given tickets that were dismissed. Our office was able to discover an eyewitness who had moved to Louisiana. This witness testified that the rideshare driver had a red light, after which the case settled at mediation.

A local resident was rear-ended by a negligent driver. She suffered a whiplash type of injury and did not strike her head on any hard objects. However, she began to suffer severe headaches and saw a neurologist who diagnosed post-concussion syndrome. The Insurance Company argued that our client’s headaches were caused by a long history of migraines. After filing suit and taking depositions, we were able to recover $400,000 for our client.

Our firm was able to help the family of a local police officer who was killed in the line of duty when he was struck by an elderly driver who had run a stop sign. Although the amount of money recovered by the family was limited due to the at-fault driver’s insurance limits and lack of personal assets, we were able to help the family recover additional funds under the police officer’s and his mother’s Georgia under-insured motorists’ policies. Additional money was recovered under Workers Compensation.

As our clients were eating breakfast at a well-known local chain, a driver lost control of his work van and crashed into the side of the building. It was not a high-speed impact, but enough to knock the family from their booth onto the floor of the restaurant, causing minor injuries. We were able to prove that the van’s brakes failed due to negligent maintenance. The Millar Law Firm was able to recover a much larger than normal settlement due to the negligence of the van’s owner.

Three of our clients were riding together when they were struck by a DUI driver. Although each of our clients had less than $10,000 in medical bills, our office discovered that the at-fault driver had three DUI’s, one before the accident and another shortly after. The initial settlement offers were very small, so we filed suit. Just before trial the DUI driver’s Insurance Company agreed to pay a total of $225,000 to settle the cases.

The Millar Law Firm received a great result when we recovered $300,000 for a passenger whose driver turned left in front of an oncoming car. The settlement was paid by the oncoming driver. Although this looked like an impossible case, we were able to prove that the oncoming driver was speeding by getting the vehicle’s data and using calculations to prove that our passenger’s driver should have been able to complete her turn.

Our client volunteered to help a neighbor cut some tree limbs. The homeowner agreed to hold the ladder while the client used a saw, but walked away. Our client fell and was injured. An insurance adjuster interviewed our client while he was heavily medicated and before he hired our law firm and tricked him into making some damaging admissions. We filed suit and proved that the homeowner was negligent, after which the same insurance company paid-out its policy limits.