Jeff Starr and Jason Hammer won a favorable jury verdict for their client in Fulton County State Court. The case arose after the Defendant was driving her vehicle through a parking lot and struck a twelve year-old boy on a bicycle. The minor suffered multiple contusions, abrasions and a fractured foot. The fracture healed, but only after the minor was on crutches in a cast and subsequently wearing a walking boot for many months. The Plaintiff incurred $5,600 in medical expenses. We defended the...
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The Winter 2015 edition of Lueder, Larkin & Hunter's community association newsletter Community Matters is now available! This edition features several helpful articles on the following topics: Tax Redemption and capitalizing on your lien rights (by Stephen Finamore); a legal perspective on how an Association can prepare a good contract (by Elina Brim); a community association case update discussing how Georgia law does not always require a board of directors to undertake enforcement...
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Jason W. Hammer and Elizabeth K. Lowrey recently obtained summary judgment for an insurer in the State Court of Cobb County. The case arose out of an August 26, 2011 motor vehicle accident. The Plaintiff incurred almost $20,000 in past medical expenses and the Defendant was uninsured. Our firm represented Plaintiff's purported uninsured motorist carrier, arguing the Plaintiff breached the notice provisions of the policy by failing to timely provide a copy of the Complaint. Plaintiff argued that...
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Brandon D. Wagner successfully defended two separate counterclaims; one at the trial level, and one taken to the Georgia Court of Appeals. Order Granting Summary Judgment in favor of the Association on its Claims and Against the Defendant’s Counterclaims - In a lawsuit involving collection an owner's unpaid assessments, the owner filed a counterclaim against the association alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the "FDCPA") and sought recovery of monies...
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Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC collected $8,322,632.11 for our clients in 2015, which is up from the $7.7 million we collected in 2014! We know the importance of collections. We know that clients do not want to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars per delinquent account without getting results. Our firm therefore pioneered the industry with results-oriented collections that we call Common Sense Collections. We place the financial burden of collections and place it where it should be...
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