McDonald & Cody does not handle every car accident. They handle serious ones. Spinal cord injuries. Traumatic brain injuries. Permanent disability. Wrongful death. Cases where the insurance company’s offer is a fraction of what the case is actually worth, and where going to trial is the only way to close that gap.
If your injuries are severe and permanent, if someone you love was killed in a collision, or if an insurance company has already lowballed you, call us. We will tell you honestly what we think your case is worth and what it would take to get there.
McDonald & Cody is selective. They decline multiple cases every week. That selectivity exists for a reason: every case the firm takes gets deep investigation, full litigation resources, and a genuine commitment to trial. That is not possible with hundreds of files.
The car accident cases this firm handles involve serious, permanent harm. Spinal cord injuries that result in partial or full paralysis. Traumatic brain injuries that change how a person thinks, works, and lives. Severe burns. Amputations. Wrongful death. Cases where a family’s financial stability has been destroyed along with their health.
If your injury is serious and permanent, McDonald & Cody wants to hear from you. If your case is a minor soft-tissue claim that resolved quickly, this is not the right firm. They will tell you that honestly if you call.
Two car accident cases involving the same collision can be worth very different amounts. What drives that difference is not the accident itself. It is the preparation, the investigation, and the willingness to take the case to trial.
McDonald & Cody investigates every case as if it is going to a jury. That means gathering every piece of evidence early, before it disappears. Event data recorders, where present, capture speed, braking, and steering inputs in the seconds before a collision. Surveillance footage from nearby cameras. Cell phone records that show whether the other driver was distracted. Medical records that document the full scope of the injury. Expert witnesses who can explain to a jury exactly what was lost and what it will cost.
That level of preparation changes the dynamic with insurance companies. When they know a firm is genuinely ready to try a case, the settlement conversation changes. When they know a firm needs to close files quickly, they offer less. McDonald & Cody does not need to close files quickly. They have the resources to wait for the right number.
Insurance companies employ teams of lawyers, adjusters, and analysts whose job is to pay as little as possible on every claim. They are good at it. They know which firms will accept a low offer rather than prepare for trial. They know which firms have too many cases to take any one of them seriously.
McDonald & Cody is not one of those firms. The table below shows documented side-by-side comparisons from real cases. In every case, the trial verdict came back 2 to 4 times higher than what the insurance company originally offered.
Billboard and TV firms handle hundreds of car accident cases at once. Their business model depends on fast settlements. Every case they settle, even for less than it is worth, generates revenue. That works for them. It costs the client tens of thousands of dollars, sometimes hundreds of thousands, in recovery they were owed.
McDonald & Cody operates on a different model entirely. Fewer cases. More resources per case. Full trial preparation on every file. When the insurance company makes an offer, the firm evaluates it against what the case would likely return at trial and makes a recommendation based on that analysis. They do not recommend settling cheap because litigation is expensive. They settle when the number is right and go to trial when it is not.
That approach has produced documented results that run 2 to 4 times higher than initial settlement offers. It is not a coincidence. It is the direct result of how this firm operates.
$33 Million
non-confidential settlement
$17.2 Million
VERDICT (2025)
$14.5 Million
Confidential Settlement
$13.1 Million
Confidential Settlement
We review every inquiry at no charge. If we can help, we will tell you. If we cannot, we will say so.
You pay nothing unless we win. We pay every litigation expense except medical bills.
North Office: 383 U.S. Hwy 441 Business, Cornelia, GA 30531 | 706-778-5291
South Office: 4005 Hwy 365 South, Alto, GA 30510 | 706-778-7178
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