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    "description": "Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/cedramayfield\" target=\"_blank\">@cedramayfield</a>",
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        "uri": "/2024/04/05/as-social-inflation-helps-fuel-nuclear-verdicts-insurers-address-legal-system-abuse/",
        "title": "As 'Social Inflation' Helps Fuel 'Nuclear' Verdicts, Insurers Address 'Legal System Abuse'",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield |\n        Patrick Smith |\n        Elana Ashanti Jefferson",
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        "prettyDate": "April 05, 2024",
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        "summary": "In this week's Legal Speak episode, James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association dives into the impact of what the organization has dubbed \"legal system abuse\" as social inflation—the belief that large corporations are \"bad actors with deep pockets\"—helps fuel \"nuclear\" verdicts.",
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        "uri": "/2024/02/02/2-bicycles-crashed-fulton-jurors-awarded-1-6-million-414-248926/",
        "title": "Jurors return $1.6 million personal injury verdict against State Farm after bicyclists collide",
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        "prettyDate": "February 02, 2024",
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        "summary": "To recoup damages, the plaintiff's counsel honed in on the defendant's homeowners, rather than auto, insurance policy.",
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        "uri": "/2023/11/02/will-there-be-accidents-absolutely-lawyers-preparing-for-self-driving-semi-trucks-414-245697/",
        "title": "'Will there be accidents? Absolutely': Lawyers preparing for self-driving semi-trucks",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
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        "prettyDate": "November 02, 2023",
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        "summary": "Legal experts offer insights into how courts will handle accidents involving autonomous vehicles.",
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        "uri": "/2023/07/27/insurer-who-rejected-100k-settlement-offer-hit-with-900k-jury-verdict-414-241250/",
        "title": "Insurer who rejected $100K settlement offer hit with $900K jury verdict",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
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        "prettyDate": "July 27, 2023",
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        "summary": "Following a rear-end collision, a pair of Atlanta attorneys offered to settle their client's injury complaint for a $100,000 policy limit, but the defendant's insurer declined.",
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        "uri": "/2023/07/25/lawyers-use-insurers-bad-faith-negotiations-to-get-5-times-the-policy-limits-414-241146/",
        "title": "Lawyers use insurer's 'bad faith' negotiations to get 5 times the policy limits",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
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        "prettyDate": "July 25, 2023",
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        "summary": "\"With negotiations concluded, Allstate ultimately paid $500,000, which was $400,000 more than what the company was contractually required to pay,\" said plaintiff counsel.",
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        "uri": "/2023/06/28/how-we-did-it-lawyers-use-workers-comp-exemptions-to-clinch-2m-settlement-414-240113/",
        "title": "Lawyers use workers' comp exemptions to clinch $2M settlement",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
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        "prettyDate": "June 28, 2023",
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        "summary": "From the outset, obtaining information about the defendant's insurance carrier and coverage required extra effort.",
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        "uri": "/2023/03/23/bull-demand-nets-3m-settlement-with-trucking-insurer-inside-plaintiff-lawyers-strategy-414-235849/",
        "title": "'Bull demand' nets $3M settlement with trucking company's insurer",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "March 23, 2023",
        "timeToRead": "7 minute",
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        "summary": "A camera on the truck showed that the driver had 12-15 seconds of clear visibility of the stopped vehicle it collided with.",
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        "uri": "/2023/03/03/know-when-to-fold-em-lawyers-reach-3-49m-premise-liability-settlement-during-trial-414-235022/",
        "title": "'Know when to fold 'em': Lawyers reach $3.49M premises liability settlement midtrial",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "March 03, 2023",
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        "summary": "On the trial's third day, the plaintiff's lawyer made a discovery that 'flipped the case' and led the defendant to settle for 250% of its $1M policy.",
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        "uri": "/2023/02/02/workers-comp-attorneys-divided-over-statutes-prominent-placement-requirement-414-233735/",
        "title": "Georgia appeals court to rule on workers' comp 'prominent placement' statutes",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "February 02, 2023",
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        "summary": "The case examines whether employers are required to display posters listing the physicians that injured employees can seek treatment from.",
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        "uri": "/2022/07/18/new-law-could-mean-bigger-workers-comp-payouts-but-lawyers-and-insurers-arent-worried-414-224792/",
        "title": "Georgia law could result in bigger workers' comp payouts",
        "byline": "Cedra Mayfield",
        "kicker": "Market Insights",
        "prettyDate": "July 18, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The change in rate is not likely to have as much of a financial impact on employers and insurers, according to an Atlanta-based attorney.",
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