The Wetherington Law Firm has obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the United States.
Results matter, but a big number on its own tells you very little.
Most injury firms, including ours, have settled cases for large amounts. Any lawyer can settle a $5 million case for $1 million. Very few lawyers have ever taken a case to trial, and fewer still have won verdicts that set records or forced companies to change how they treat people.
We handle catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, and we get better results because we are not afraid to let a jury decide the outcome. Even when a case settles, the threat of a verdict raises the number. Below are verdicts and settlements we have obtained, along with the bigger impact of each case.
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In verdicts for our clients
Our motto is"Causes, not Cases."Here is how we prove it.
$24 million+
Verdict for failing to recognize and report child abuse
$19 million
Car wreck settled over policy limits after jury selection
Before trial started, the last offer was $5 million. We picked a jury. The case settled for $19 million, well above the available policy limits. The insurer was only willing to pay once the jury was ready to hold them accountable.
$9 million
Settlement for tire failure
We handle A LOT of recalled and defective tire cases. There are five more tire case results further down this page.
$10 million
Judgment for motorcycle wreck, collected the hard way
An off-duty police officer was run off her motorcycle by a drunk driver in Coweta County in 2012. He carried a $25,000 policy, and his insurer would not pay it on clean terms. A consent judgment was entered against the driver, who assigned us his claim against his own insurer -- and collecting it took a second lawsuit, in federal court. That suit was thrown out on summary judgment. The Eleventh Circuit reversed in 2020 and sent it back for trial, and the insurer paid.
$25 million+
Settlements obtained for illegal car bootings throughout Georgia
Car booting is predatory. We have helped thousands of people fight back.
2025 Signed into law
Georgia's first statewide vehicle booting reform law
Wetherington spent nearly a decade litigating against vehicle booting companies, handling what he estimates as "tens of thousands" of cases for Georgia drivers. That campaign contributed to the passage of Georgia's first statewide booting reform law in 2025, which caps removal fees, bans kickback payments to property owners, and requires prominent signage at parking lots.
$8.6 million
Verdict for motorcycle wreck
Our client lost his leg above the knee when a hospital vehicle hit his motorcycle. The defense offered $2 million to settle. He turned it down, and we countered at $6.25 million. After a week-long trial, a Floyd County jury took just three hours to return the highest civil verdict in the history of that circuit.
The defendants did not appeal.
Defense counsel Bill Casey Jr., on why: an extremely likeable plaintiff and an excellent plaintiff's attorney are a dangerous combination in any venue.
$4 million
Settlement for sexual assault at commercial property
A crime on business premises. The numbered page below is what Matt told the Georgia Senate in 2025 about a bill that would make cases like this harder to bring.
The kind of case SB 68 would make harder to bring.
2025 Senate testimony
Testimony against Senate Bill 68
When Georgia took up tort reform in 2025, he testified against Senate Bill 68, arguing it would make it harder for victims of crimes on business premises to seek compensation and would create procedural barriers that favor defendants.
$2.8 million
Excess verdict for broken ankle in Atlanta
An excess verdict is one above the insurance policy limits.
Case study2024 Signed May 2, 2024
House Bill 181
After representing a family whose son died from an unregulated kratom product, Matt testified at the Georgia Capitol in support of tighter regulation. His advocacy contributed to House Bill 181, signed by Governor Kemp on May 2, 2024, which strengthened Georgia's 2019 Kratom Consumer Protection Act, raising the purchase age from 18 to 21, requiring kratom to be sold from behind the counter, mandating third-party testing, and capping 7-hydroxymitragynine content.
"When you're selling a drug next to Skittles or energy drinks, you have no means of knowing that you're dealing with something that is exponentially more dangerous than anything else on the shelf."
Matt Wetherington, to NPR
$180,000
Verdict for car wreck resulting in single hospital visit and no additional treatment
Small on purpose. One hospital visit, no further treatment, and we still took it to trial. We try cases, not just the big ones.
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Other verdicts and settlements we have obtained for our clients.
- $7MSettlement for spinal fusion after tractor-trailer wreck.
- $6MSettlement with tire manufacturer for wreck caused by defective tire.
- $3.5MNationwide class action settlement for false imprisonment.
- $3MSettlement with car dealership that failed to remove recalled tire, resulting in a skull fracture.
- $3MSettlement with tire dealership for failing to remove defective tire result in death.
- $2.8MVerdict for rollover wreck resulting in lower leg injury.
- $2.1MSettlement with car dealership that failed to remove recalled tire, resulting in a skull fracture.
- $2MSettlement with car manufacturer for failing to remove recalled tire from a vehicle, resulting in multiple injuries.
- $1.5MSettlement with Allstate Insurance for a vehicle wreck.
- $1.1MSettlement with State Farm for vehicle wreck resulting in death.
- $1.1MVerdict for failure to monitor fall-risk patient in a nursing home.
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