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George W. Fryhofer III
Atlanta, Georgia

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GEORGE W. FRYHOFER III. B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1980, Emory University; J.D., Summa Cum Laude, 1983, University of Georgia; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Robert Tyre Jones Scholar, St. Andrews University. Editor-in-Chief, Georgia Law Review, 1982-83. Editor-in-Chief, Tort & Insurance Law Journal, published by The American Bar Association, 1995-97. Law Clerk to the Honorable John C. Godbold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1983-84. Author, Note, Offer of Judgment and Statutorily Authorized Attorney's Fees: A Reconciliation of the Scope and Purpose of Rule 68, 16 Ga. L. Rev. 482 (1982). Member, Atlanta Bar Association; American Bar Association; ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS); TIPS Council Member, 1998-00; TIPS Committees: Chair, Task Force on Plaintiff's Involvement; Chair, Task Force on Revisions to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct; Member, Task Force on Article 9 Uniform Laws Revisions, and Long Range Planning Committee. Member, State Bar of Georgia; Formal Advisory Opinion Board; Editorial Board, Georgia Bar Journal; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Vice President, 1990--; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; American Inns of Court (Member, Bleckley Chapter). Admitted to practice in Georgia, Texas and Massachusetts.

Areas of Practice:: Motor Vehicle; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Commercial Tort Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Georgia, 1984; Massachusetts, 1996; Texas, 1995; U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1984; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984

Education:: University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1983
J.D.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Robert Tyre Jones Scholar, St. Andrews University
Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1982 - 1983; Emory University, 1980
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works:: Note, Offer of Judgement and Statutorily Authorized Attorney's Fees: A Reconciliation of the Scope and Purpose of Rule 68, 16 Ga. L. Rev. 482, 1982; Tort & Insurance Law Journal (Editor-in-Chief), American Bar Association, 1995-1997

Representative Cases:: Flax v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 272 S.W.3d 521 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 2008); Gibson v. Ford Motor Co., 659 S.E.2d 346 (Ga. Sup. Ct. 2008); Time Warner Entm't Co., L.P. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC., 563 S.E.2d 178 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002); Time Warner Entm’t Co., L.P. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC., 537 S.E.2d 397 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000); Bentley v. J.B. Transport, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. Ct. of App. 1993); Kyzer v. Metro Atlanta Trucking, 458 S.E.2d 416 (Ga. Ct. of App. 1995)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: ABA Trial Academy, ABA/TIPS, 2000; Trying Traumatic Brain Injury Cases, ICLE and Brain Injury Association Georgia, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Atlanta Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Sections (TIPS); Member; TIPS, 1998 - 2000; Council Member; TIPS; Chair, Task Force on Plaintiff's Involvement; TIPS; Chair Committee, Task Force on Revisions to the Model Code of Judicial; TIPS; Member, Task Force on Article 9 Uniform Laws Revisions; TIPS; Member, Long Range Planning Committee; State Bar of Georgia; Member; State Bar of Georgia; Formal Advisory Opinion Board; Tort & Insurance Law Journal (American Bar Association, Publisher), 1995 - 1997; Editor-in-Chief; Georgia Bar Journal; Editorial Board; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1990 - Present; Vice President; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Member; American Inns of Court; Member, Bleckley Chapter

Past Employment Positions:: Honorable John C. Godbold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1984

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.