The Firm is proud to announce that Warren Sams was selected by the National Trial Lawyers as one of its Top 100 Trial Lawyers for 2011.
Just prior to the end of 2011, The Sams Law Firm, along with The Cochran Firm, settled a trucking accident claim for $450,000. The Firm's client in the case had only sustained minor damage to the rear bumper of her SUV, which she had repaired for approximately $900.
The Sams Law Firm recently entered into a confidential settlement regarding a physician's failure to review PSA test results that indicated the patient needed a biopsy. The physician did not notify the patient about the test results until several years later, at which time the patient's PSA score was five times the previous level and the patient had a high chance of micropscopic metastatic disease.
The Sams Law Firm was lead counsel in a case that recovered a settlement in the high seven figures from a trucking company where the truck ran a stop sign and paralyzed the Firm's client, a 14-year old boy.
On Friday, July 29, 2011, The Sams Law Firm obtained an $8 million jury verdict in Gwinnett County in a case arising out of the March 9, 2009 wrongful death of Paul Russell. Warren Sams and David Sawyer tried the case, along with Shean Williams from the Firm of Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith, Sistrunk & Sams, P.C. This is reported to be the second largest wrongful death verdict in the history of Gwinnett County that has not been overturned on appeal.
The Sams Law Firm successfully arbitrated claims on behalf of a general contractor who was wrongfully terminated from a construction project. The defendant owner alleged breach of contract, breach of warranty, defective work, fraudulent overbilling, and other claims. After a week long arbitration, the arbitrator awarded The Sams Law Firm's client its contract balance, plus amounts for interest and attorney's fees.
The Sams Law Firm successfully recovered $1 Million from the federal government when representing a prisoner with a seizure disorder who became paralyzed when he fell off of a top bunk. The prison medical staff had assigned the prisoner a bottom bunk pass due to the prisoner's proclivity for seizures.
