The York Firm

10/31/2024

After another law firm withdrew from representing this client because they didn’t know how to handle his case, he came to us. We quickly investigated, uncovered additional sources of insurance, collected and analyzed key evidence, and won him $575,000.

10/15/2024

Another law firm brought us in to co-counsel on a case. Our client was an immigrant who was attacked and shot at the apartment complex where he lived. He was hospitalized for a week and scared about what happened to him and what might happen if he spoke out about it. We promised to be his voice and fight to get justice for what happened to him.

Our investigation revealed a pattern of violent crime against residents and guests over the years which the complex’s absentee owners did next to nothing to try to protect them from. Time and time again in these cases we see many commercial property owners simply ignore crimes and residents’ pleas. The sad reality is the only thing that gets many of them to take meaningful action.

03/27/2024

I'm pleased to report this week we won a jury verdict in Cobb County for $130,000, which was more than 4x the defense's only offer in the case. This was a "smaller" case than my firm usually takes on--it was one of the first cases I accepted after starting my own firm in 2020. But it was a huge day for my client.

The defendants were oral surgeon Erik Belinfante DMD and his practice, Atlanta Oral & Facial Surgery LLC. During a 2020 wisdom tooth surgery Dr. Belinfante negligently mistook a healthy permanent molar for one of the wisdom teeth and extracted it, leaving the wisdom tooth in. The result was a three-year corrective procedure by a series of other providers to slowly pull the wisdom tooth into the gap in my client's mouth where the permanent molar used to be.

Defendants had no choice but to admit negligence. Despite that, the Defendants and their insurance company, OMS National Insurance Co. (OMSNIC), ignored our settlement offers. During years of litigation they never offered a penny. Once we were on a trial calendar they offered just $30,000 and suggested my client should be happy to take it. They thought so little of the case that they never bothered to take his deposition during discovery so they could save money (they actually told us this).

We were told from the beginning that the Defendants' malpractice was not a big deal and that "OMSNIC has never paid a dime more than $40k for a tooth" (poignantly, they never even offered us that). I told them over and over that it was a $100,000 case and that OMSNIC should pay it, if for no other reason than to protect their clients from a malpractice verdict in the public record.

They didn't pay it of course, and yesterday a Cobb County jury told them what I told them for years: the case was worth at least $100k. Since they ignored our settlement efforts and forced my client to trial, they will also have to pay his attorney's fees on top of the $130k verdict.

All of this for a case they could have settled last year and protected their insureds for less than $80,000.

This is the reality of what insurance companies do. It's on a smaller scale but the problem is the same. And it's what lurks behind every complaint of "nuclear verdict," "judicial hellhole," and "greedy trial lawyers" you hear bemoaned by insurance lobbyists and tort reformists.

Even smaller cases like this remind us all why the civil justice system is sacrosanct and must be protected at all costs from efforts by insurance companies to erode those rights. The only reason--and truly, the ONLY reason--any insurance company has ever paid anyone a cent is because if they don't, the community will hold them responsible for it.

10/19/2022

In the past week our firm has won three substantial six-figure settlements: one in a product liability case and two in premises liability cases (one shooting and one slip and fall). One of these cases was referred to us by another high-level trial firm we regularly work with.

But the other two cases were turned down by several firms before the clients found us. The large corporations involved in both of these cases denied responsibility and offered nothing. We filed suit, deposed every witness we could identify, fought through a litany of discovery abuses and motions, and litigated them both ferociously for well over a year. Once we finally got on jury trial calendars the defendants reevaluated their cases. And based on everything we had done to get the cases ready for trial, abracadabra--the corporate coffers were pried open.

Winning a case for a client always feels good. Winning one for a client who was told they had no case and had given up hope before they found you is a different kind of feeling.

There's a reason law firms of all sizes turn to us to take on difficult, high-damages injury and death cases. We are never intimidated and we never back down. And we get results.

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08/06/2022

When is it a good idea for you to talk to the at-fault driver's insurance company about the crash or your injuries?

Spoiler alert: NEVER.

Should I give a statement to the other driver’s insurance company after a car or trucking crash? NO. There is no circumstance in which it helps your claim to give a statement to the insurance adjuster for the at-fault party’s insurance carrier after you suffer an injury. It is important to know ...

06/28/2022

Arthur York and the team at The York Firm recently won all $6 Million of all available insurance soon after filing suit on behalf of the children of a vendor at a metro Atlanta flea market who was killed by another vendor on the premises.

This was a senseless and completely avoidable loss of life. The man who murdered our clients' father was a relatively new vendor at the flea market. Our investigation uncovered other vendors prepared to testify that they previously complained to management about the man's aggressive and threatening behavior. Unfortunately, their pleas were ignored and nothing was done. That failure to take action set the stage for what became the tragic and wholly avoidable death of our clients' father.

Our clients' father was a longtime vendor who was beloved in the community, both inside the market and beyond. He loved tinkering with electronics and helping people, and ran a booth where he fixed people's cell phones and other devices. He was especially proud of his children and grandchildren, who remember him as someone who always had advice and a helping hand for others.

The unfortunate reality is that oftentimes a serious financial blow is the only thing that gets the attention of some corporations, manufacturers, and premises owners.

We're proud of the work we do to stand up and be a voice for Georgia families. And we're just getting started.

01/23/2022

Had to revise the notice in the hallway between our firm and because… we are growing! Exciting news ahead this week.

12/04/2021

Client reviews like this one are why we do what we do. When we say we are a client-centric firm, we mean it.

10/27/2021

Did you know York Firm founder worked in the public and media relations department before going to law school? Let’s gooooooo!!!

09/16/2021

won a $100,000 policy limits settlement from our client's uninsured motorist carrier. After the insurance company denied liability to the client's previous law firm, they gave up on the case--and he found us. We immediately filed suit. Our investigation uncovered evidence that proved liability. We deposed the at-fault driver, whom we got to testify to an atrocious driving record and long history of citations and arrests for driving-related offenses. After we deposed him, the carrier tendered their $100,000 limits--over 6x our client's medical expenses.

08/23/2021

Attorney Arthur York won a $275,000.00 settlement for a client who was attacked and shot in a parking lot while walking to a restaurant. These "negligent security" or "inadequate security" cases are extremely fact-intensive and require an attorney with specific expertise analyzing, investigating, and handling these types of claims. We are your premises liability experts.