Commander+Pound handles a variety of complex, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims for plaintiffs. We do not refer these cases to other lawyers or firms, but are frequently the firm to whom other lawyers refer such cases. Some cases are tried to a jury verdict; others are resolved by arbitration or mediation. Here are some results obtained by Ted Pound and Scott Commander over the past ten years:

• $753,000 jury verdict in 2009 for a wife whose husband died after being served the wrong meal at a metro Atlanta restaurant.  The meal contained crab meat and the husband had a severe shellfish allergy.

• $1,525,000 settlement in 2007 for a husband and wife injured in a head on collision by a drunk driver; the lawsuit was against the drunk driver and a restaurant under a dram shop theory for its negligent service of alcohol to the drunk driver.

• $985,000 NASD arbitration award in 2006 against Atlanta stockbroker and national brokerage firm for mishandling of an elderly investor's securities account.

• $1,000,000 settlement in 2005 for the widow of a 50-year-old man killed in head-on collision with tractor-trailer in north Georgia; settlement for insurance policy limits of truck owner was obtained within six months of representation.

• $800,000 wrongful death settlement in 2005 for the widow of 56-year-old man killed in collision with a dump truck, believed to be largest wrongful death verdict or settlement in the rural north Georgia county where the case was filed.

• $385,000 settlement in 2005 for 17-year-old who lost the index finger of his dominant right hand as a passenger in vehicle rollover.

• Confidential wrongful death settlement in 2004 for the family of a 37-year-old bystander killed in a construction crane accident in north Georgia.

• Confidential personal injury settlement in 2004 for 58-year-old woman injured in construction crane accident.

• $750,000 settlement in 2004 for victim of road rage injured in tractor-trailer wreck resulting in a non-surgical herniated disc and closed head injury.

• $3,750,000 settlement of wrongful death action in 2003 for the parents of an 11-year-old child killed as the result of defective construction of a public facility, one of the largest settlements ever for the death of a minor child in Georgia.

• $8,000,000 wrongful death settlement in 2001 for father and son victims of a plane crash.

• Confidential high-seven-figure settlement in 1998 resolving state and federal litigation on behalf of multiple victims of sexual molestation and abuse.

• $450,000 jury verdict for driver and passenger injured in head-on collision where insurer refused to pay policy limits of $100,000 to settle the claim; clients ultimately recovered in excess of the defendant's policy limits based on the carrier's bad faith refusal to settle.