Professional Experience

E. Marcus Davis has practiced triallaw since 1976. From 1976 to 1983, he worked in the area of criminal defense and personal injury. He founded his law firm, Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, in 1983. Throughout his career as an Atlanta Attorney Mr. Davis has handled over 100 traumatic brain injury cases and has achieved over 100 six figure settlements. Successes Mr. Davis does not limit his practice to only catastrophic injury cases. Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito will enthusiastically handle serious injury cases involving fractures, herniated discs or surgery. Mr. Davis' goal is to focus his time and resources in order to obtain the best possible results for clients. Compassion, dedication, focus, persistence, and "follow-through" are the hallmarks of Mr. Davis's work. This strategy continues to produce success for Mr. Davis and his clients.

Significant Verdicts & Settlements:

1. Adwater v. Hospital X and Drs. Y and Z, a confidential $7 million medical malpractice settlement; 48 year old man blinded and severely brain injured as a result of anesthesia negligence.
   
   
2. Havens v. Gwinnett County and Madden, $6.9 million dollar settlement; Madden vehicle stopped in wrong reversible lane to make turn. Gwinnett ambulance swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid collision striking vehicle in which 9 year old boy was a back seat passenger rendering him quadriplegic.
   
   
3. Marshall v. Kaiser Permanente and Dr. Elizabeth Kurczynski,$4.5 million settlement in DeKalb County after four (4) weeks of trial; misdiagnosed bacterial meningitis resulting in brain damage of an infant.
   
   
4. Russell Wright v. Dr. X and XYZ Rehabilitation Hospital, confidential $3.75 million dollar settlement of medical malpractice case; 68 year old man was an inpatient at rehab hospital which failed to diagnose an epidural abcess rendering him paraplegic.
   
   
5. Jim and Elaine Freeman vs. Driver X and xyz Engineering Company, serious orthopedic injuries including 24 fractures, truck driver negligence, $3.4 million confidential settlement.
   
   
6. Joe Cox v. Dr. X and XYZ Hospital, abdominal infection following laproscopic hernia repair, $3.1 million settlement.
   
   
7. Tetreault v. PruCare, Royce Williams, M.D. and Richard Bernstein, M.D., $3 million settlement; misdiagnosed case of pernicious anemia resulting in paraplegia.
   
   
8. Vargas v. XYZ construction company, $2 million confidential settlement, fall on construction through unguarded hole on concrete slab for HVAC equipment.
   
   
9. Mitchell vs. State of Ga. Dept. of Human Resources, $1.5 million verdict; Thomas County, 18 year old male seriously injured (eviscerated) while performing community service.
   
   
10. Perez v. Parker Brothers Oil, $1.4 million settlement; death of a 23 year old unmarried male as a result of trucking negligence.
    
    
11. Tack v. Spillane, et al., $1.3 million settlement; traumatic brain injury of steel worker resulting from collapse of structural steel of high school gymnasium.
    
    
12. Richins v. LDS Church Foster Care Agency, $1.2 million verdict; for a child who was beaten into a coma, injured while in a foster care home. At the time, the verdict was the highest in DeKalb County and is believed to be the only case the Mormon Church, represented by its Utah attorneys, has ever lost.
    
    
13. Norwood vs. XYZ Trucking Company, confidential $1.2 million settlement; 63 year old retired Wife and Grandmother killed by garbage truck on which ABS brake system had been intentionally disabled. Truck skidded on wet road rear ending plaintiffs' decedent. Mississippi tort reform statute limits recovery for noneconomic damages to $1 million dollars.
    
    
14. Richard Garrett v. Dr. X and XYZ medical group, confidential settlement $950,000 hemiparesis following PLDD, laser disc surgery.
    
    
15. Blalock v. Corporation X, a confidential settlement; mild brain injury to ten year old girl struck by truck on her bicycle, $850,000.
    
    
16. Jones v. Dr. X, a confidential $850,000 settlement; an 89 year old woman with a pacemaker was placed in an MRI machine and suffered cardiac arrest.
    
    
17. Hopkins v. Hudgins, $800,000 settlement in Fulton County; man knocked off loading dock by rolled steel door resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
    
    
18. Tillman v. Howard Ray Construction, $800,000 settlement of traumatic brain injury; young man hit in the head with flying construction debris.
    
    
19. Standifer, deceased, et al. v. Dr. Y, M.D., $750,000 confidential settlement in Bibb County; death of a 45 year old unmarried man from allergic reaction to gout medication.
    
    
20. Giradot v. Dr. X, M.D., et. al., $750,000 settlement; death of an 88 year old following heart surgery, confidential settlement.