Firm members handled litigation involving defective spinal cord stimulators and the recall of the Smith & Nephew Cementless Oxinium, Profix and Genesis knee implants. Mr. McGehee and Mr. Lanham have also litigated a number of Salmonella and E. coli food poisoning cases arising out of outbreaks occurring in Georgia and the southeastern United States. In addition, they have also concluded several seven figure settlements for wrongful death and serious personal injury, including several tractor trailer/automobile collision claims; a $3.5 million premises liability wrongful death case settled after a successful appeal in the Georgia Court of Appeals; a motor vehicle/dram shop liability claim; a governmental liability/high-speed pursuit claim also settled after a successful appeal in the Georgia Court of Appeals; several settlements concerning product liability/automobile design defects; and a number of governmental liability/roadway design engineering matters, including a substantial recent settlement for a motorist seriously injured by the rupture of U.S. Interstate I-20 on April 17, 2017, during gas pipeline tunnelling work under the interstate.

Current and former firm members have successfully handled thousands of civil matters, including complex civil cases such as:

• Representation of victims of the collapse of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens elevated canopy walkway in December 2008.
• Representation of victims of the Olympic bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games.
• Representation of victims of the 1998 E. coll outbreak at the Atlanta White Water Park, which killed one child and seriously injured dozens.
• Representation of victims of insurance bad faith and wrongful denial of coverage, including the first ever ruling by a Georgia Appellate Court that an insurance company’s policy must be broadened to conform with the minimum coverages under the Georgia Standard Fire Policy.
• Representation of victims of numerous commercial and private aviation disasters, including acting as a representative of the plaintiff’s steering committee.
• Representation of victims of the Toccoa Dam disaster in which 39 people died.
• Representation of victims of numerous trucking, automotive and railroad tragedies, including cases against most of the major trucking companies in the United States.
• Representation of victims of medical and hospital-related negligence in numerous cases against physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and other medical care providers throughout the State of Georgia, including the first verdict ever obtained against Atlanta’s Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority (a/k/a Grady Memorial Hospital).
• Representation of victims of nursing home abuse and neglect.
• Representation of victims of defective products, ranging from defective autopilot systems to improperly designed automobiles to dangerous saws and power equipment, including cases against most of the major automobile manufacturers.
• Representation of victims of governmental negligence, including cases brought under the State and Federal Tort Claims Acts, and the first case taken to the Georgia Supreme Court to address the parameters of recovery under the State Tort Claims Act.
• Representation of victims of securities fraud perpetrated on prominent athletes and others by a large brokerage firm, which included the first ever ruling by a Georgia Appellate Court permitting a jury trial, despite a mandatory arbitration clause in a brokerage agreement.
• Representation of independent movie distributors in anti-trust and breach of contract actions against major motion picture companies in the United States.
• Representation of numerous groups of tenants and owners of apartment complexes in fire-related disasters and architectural/engineering negligence cases.
• Representation of numerous employees and ex-employees of many Fortune 500 companies, federal and state governments and the postal service regarding claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation because of age, race, gender, disability, religion, national origin and color.
• Representation of numerous companies and individuals regarding business tort claims, such as fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, interference with contractual relations, interference with business relations, unfair business practices, RICO, misappropriation of assets, invasion of privacy, libel, slander and defamation.