Verdict2025
$100M, as reported $100M verdict against condo association, manager and guard company in shooting death
Source: Insurance Journal, July 18, 2025; WPLG Local 10, July 16, 2025
VerdictShelby County, AL 2026
$7,500,000 $7.5M verdict after teen drowned at a country club pool with no lifeguard on duty
Signs told swimmers no lifeguard was on duty. The estate argued a Shelby County rule required two.
Running totalSoutheast 2026
$7,500,000 awarded by juries against property owners in the Southeast in 2026, across 1 tracked verdict. How we count
Recent cases
All verdicts-
- Verdict2023$2,000,000
$2M verdict after bar patron fell over an exterior stair railing
- Verdict2023$5.5M, as reported
$5.5M verdict against co-op association over years of leaks and mold
Source: Insurance Journal, May 1, 2023
- Verdict2019$42,750,000
$42.75M parking lot shooting verdict upheld by Georgia's Supreme Court
- Verdict2017$3,108,000
$3.1M verdict after a tenant was assaulted in daylight while the gates stood open
- Verdict2016$10,000,000
$10M against apartment owners after a resident was shot walking home
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