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HARRY MACDOUGALD AND JEREMY MOESER WIN REVERSAL OF APPORTIONMENT OF DAMAGES

In the long running legal malpractice case, Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC v. Alston & Bird, LLP, Harry MacDougald and Jeremy Moeser on behalf of the plaintiff obtained reversal of adverse rulings reducing the jury’s award of $2.1 million in damages. First, the Court held that in a single-defendant case, the defendant’s liability is not reduced for non-party fault. Second, the court held that an award of attorneys’ fees under O.C.G.A. § 13-6-11 was not subject to apportionment. The Court rejected, however, our claim for pre-judgment interest. Cross petitions for certiorari are pending in the Supreme Court.