“Wonderful moment” in court: $9 million verdict and hugs
2:41 pm, November 22nd, 2011
Plaintiff’s attorney Michael L. Neff said he was taken aback by a DeKalb County jury’s response to his client. She had sued her home security monitoring company for failing to warn her that her alarm had been going off all day before she came home and was attacked, raped and kidnapping by an intruder who had been waiting there.
As Neff’s 64-year-old client walked toward the aisle to thank the jurors, each of the 12 embraced her.
What the jurors did not do was talk to the lawyers, both plaintiff’s and defense counsel said.
“There’s normally not a lot of love for the lawyer. I got a lot out of the respect they gave her, though,” Neff said. “It was a wonderful moment.”
The full story on the case will be online late this afternoon and in tomorrow’s Daily Report.
Contributor: Katheryn Hayes Tucker in DeKalb courts, Verdicts & Settlements | subscribe to rss | 
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November 29th, 2011 at 10:54 am
I appreciate the Atlaw blog post and article about our recent trial. I just wanted to clarify my feelings that the jurors’ respect for my client and their hugging her before leaving the courtroom was “something extra” beyond the justice rendered in the verdict. To the extent that “taken aback” might have any connotation of shock or confusion, I may have misspoke during my conversation with reporter Katheryn Hayes Tucker. I was very tired. We greatly appreciate the jury’s service and attention they paid to the evidence.
Respectfully,
Michael L. Neff