Some injuries don’t heal. Spinal cord damage. Traumatic brain injuries. Severe burns. Amputations. These are the cases McDonald & Cody handles. Not fender benders. Not minor soft-tissue claims. We take the cases that change lives forever, and we prepare every single one for trial.
If you or someone you love has suffered a permanent, life-altering injury in Georgia, you need a lawyer who will take the case all the way to a verdict, not one looking for a quick settlement.
A permanent life-altering injury is one that leaves a lasting mark. Not a broken arm that heals in six weeks. We are talking about injuries that reshape a person’s entire life.
These include spinal cord injuries and paralysis, traumatic brain injuries, severe burns covering significant portions of the body, amputations and loss of limb function, permanent vision or hearing loss, and organ damage requiring ongoing medical care.
The injuries often come with a lifetime of medical treatment, lost income, and an altered sense of self. The financial impact alone can be staggering. The personal cost is immeasurable.
Insurance companies have teams of lawyers. Their job is to pay as little as possible. They know most personal injury firms will accept whatever offer is on the table. That is how they make money.
In permanent injury cases, that pressure is enormous. The settlement offers can look big. They are rarely big enough. Not when you account for a lifetime of medical care, lost earning capacity, and everything else a catastrophic injury takes away.
McDonald & Cody prepares every case for trial. When an insurance company knows the firm is genuinely ready to go to a jury, the entire dynamic shifts.
Most firms prepare cases to settle. McDonald & Cody prepares every case to win at trial. That distinction matters more than anything else when your injury is permanent.
Corporations build injury and death into their financial models. They expect law firms to take the settlement and move on. McDonald & Cody does not. The firm has 400+ jury trials, a 100% trial win rate, and over $100 million in total recoveries. With 110+ years of combined legal experience, they do not bluff about going to trial. They go.
The table below shows documented side-by-side comparisons: what insurance companies offered versus what the firm recovered at trial.
Volume firms handle hundreds of cases at once. Their business model depends on fast settlements. Every case they settle, even for less than it is worth, generates revenue. That is good for them. It is not good for you.
McDonald & Cody operates differently. The firm declines multiple cases every week. The cases they accept get deep investigation, full preparation, and a genuine commitment to trial. When insurance companies offered low settlements, McDonald & Cody went to trial and got 2 to 4 times more. That is documented. The table above shows you exactly what that looks like.
$33 Million
non-confidential settlement
$17.2 Million
VERDICT (2025)
$14.5 Million
Confidential Settlement
$13.1 Million
Confidential Settlement
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You pay nothing unless we win. We pay every litigation expense except medical bills.
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