Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.: Macon, Georgia

Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C. keeps its Macon office at 915 Hill Park, one of three Georgia offices alongside Milledgeville and Albany, and its site says the firm puts emphasis on helping injured veterans, with Veterans Affairs medical malpractice named as its own practice. Five lawyers are named: partners Virgil Adams, D. James (Jimmy) Jordan and Caroline W. Herrington, with Cedric B. Davis and Ashley Pitts. The practice covers car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, catastrophic injuries, construction accidents, premises liability, dog bites, drowning accidents and wrongful death. The firm works on contingency and offers a free and confidential consultation.

Key facts

Phone: 478-743-2159
Address: 915 Hill Park, Macon, GA 31201
Milledgeville office: 115 E. McIntosh Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061
Albany office: 2410 Westgate Drive, Albany, GA 31707
Website: https://www.adamsjordan.com/
Attorneys: Virgil Adams, D. James (Jimmy) Jordan and Caroline W. Herrington, partners; Cedric B. Davis and Ashley Pitts.
Fee: The site says the firm works on contingency and states, “You pay nothing upfront and no hourly fees at any point.” Case expenses are a question for the consultation.
Consultation: The site offers a free and confidential consultation.

Practice areas

Vehicle collisions: car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents and pedestrian accidents.
Medical and care claims: medical malpractice and nursing home abuse.
Veterans Affairs claims: medical malpractice and accidents at VA facilities.
Catastrophic injuries: catastrophic injury claims.
Workplace claims: construction accidents.
Premises claims: premises liability.
Water claims: drowning accidents.
Dog bites and wrongful death: animal attack claims and claims brought after a fatal injury.

Who it serves

People injured in Macon, reached from the Hill Park office.
Veterans harmed in care at a VA hospital or clinic, a practice the firm names separately.
Clients at the firm’s Milledgeville and Albany offices.
Families bringing a wrongful death claim, which the firm lists as a practice area of its own.

Verdicts and settlements

These are the case results the firm publishes, in the firm’s own figures and descriptions.

$18,000,000: defective product, motor vehicle accident; settlement.
$15,200,000: jury verdict (apportioned); nuisance resulting in a shooting and the death of a 20-year-old young man at an illegal night club.
$12,700,000: brain and spine injury.
$9,550,000: wrongful death, vehicle accident; settlement.
$9,275,000: wrongful death, medical malpractice; settlement.
$8,600,000: birth injury resulting from medical negligence during delivery.
$8,000,000: wrongful death, premises liability; settlement.
$7,000,000: wrongful death, vehicle collision; verdict.
$5,600,000: product liability claim resulting in quadriplegia.
$5,450,000: jury verdict; medical negligence in the emergency room resulting in double leg amputation below the knee.
$5,285,000: vehicle collision, burns to legs; settlement.
$5,200,000: negligent maintenance of a boiler resulting in severe burns.
$5,000,000: wrongful death resulting from death during vehicle repossession.
$4,605,000: wrongful death of a 14-year-old, medical malpractice; settlement.
$4,500,000: jury verdict (apportioned); medical negligence in the emergency room resulting in paraplegia.
$4,250,000: wrongful death, vehicle accident; settlement.
$4,000,000: medical malpractice, catastrophic injury and complete disability; settlement.
$4,000,000: medical negligence resulting in catastrophic injury, disability and kidney failure.
$3,752,500: wrongful death of an elderly client; settlement.
$3,525,000: pedestrian and vehicle crash, two broken hips; settlement.
$3,500,000: medical negligence resulting in profound brain injury to a child.
$3,452,746.82: medical malpractice, catastrophic injury to a child; settlement.
$2,850,000: wrongful death, two deaths from a crash at a defective railroad crossing.
$2,500,000: wrongful death from an opioid overdose in a hospital; verdict.
$2,500,000: wrongful death from medical negligence, failure to diagnose a heart attack.
$2,250,000: negligent security at a train station resulting in permanent brain injury.
$2,045,000: medical negligence resulting in below the knee amputation of one leg.
$2,000,000: wrongful death resulting from a dump truck collision, with all available insurance proceeds recovered.
$2,000,000: wrongful death, vehicle accident; settlement.
$1,975,000: vehicle accident, severe leg injury; settlement.
$1,900,000: heart attack.
$1,850,000: vehicle accident; settlement.
$1,800,000: medical malpractice, wrongful death from medical negligence.
$1,750,000: medical malpractice; settlement.
$1,525,000: medical malpractice; settlement.
$1,500,000: wrongful death, motorcycle accident; settlement.
$1,500,000: pedestrian and vehicle crash, two broken legs; settlement.
$1,350,000: moderate brain injury resulting from a log truck collision.
$1,350,000: vehicle accident; settlement.
$1,260,000: wrongful death, medical malpractice; settlement.
$1,250,000: settlement for a couple in a severe collision in which the wife suffered a crushed ankle.
$1,250,000: wrongful death, medical malpractice; settlement.
$1,150,000: wrongful death from medical negligence resulting from a medication error.
$1,100,000: wrongful death, vehicle accident; settlement.
$1,095,000: vehicle accident; settlement.
$1,018,536.15: wrongful death in police custody; settlement.
$1,000,000: wrongful death, trucking wreck; settlement.
$1,000,000: medical negligence resulting in delayed cancer treatment.
$1,000,000: wrongful death, tractor trailer; settlement.
$1,000,000: vehicle accident; settlement.
$1,000,000: wrongful death, trucking wreck; settlement.
$1,000,000: wrongful death, medical malpractice; settlement.
$1,000,000: VA medical malpractice; settlement.
$1,000,000: wrongful death resulting from medical negligence at a VA hospital.
$1,000,000: wrongful death resulting from medical negligence at a VA hospital.
$1,000,000: medical malpractice, failure to read a mammogram and diagnose cancer.
$1,000,000: perforated colon from colon hydrotherapy treatments.
$950,000: medical negligence at a VA facility.
$900,000: medical malpractice; settlement.
$872,000: medical malpractice; settlement.
$800,000: wrongful death; the site describes a Bibb County school’s failure to follow GHSA policy.
$750,000: medical malpractice; settlement.
$750,000: vehicle accident with a dump truck resulting in surgery.
$720,000: slip and fall at a restaurant; fractured T12-L1, subdural hematoma and midline shift; settlement.
$675,000: medical negligence at a VA facility.
$650,000: medical malpractice, wrongful death of a critically ill elderly patient.
$635,000: vehicle accident and trucking wreck; verdict.
$615,000: vehicle accident; settlement.
$600,000: medical malpractice; settlement.
$600,000: golf cart and vehicle accident; settlement.
$600,000: vehicle accident; verdict.
$451,500: wrongful death from medical negligence, failure to timely diagnose cancer recurrence.

Outcomes depend on the facts and circumstances of each case and do not indicate what another case will produce.

Notable firm details

Virgil Adams is a Macon native who served as Assistant District Attorney for the Macon Judicial Circuit and for many years as County Attorney for Bibb County, and the site records that the Macon Bar Association named him Lawyer of the Year in 2001.
Cedric B. Davis served four years in the United States Marine Corps before law school.
Caroline W. Herrington joined in August 2005, when the firm was Adams, Jordan & Treadwell, and was named partner in 2013.
Ashley Pitts has handled only personal injury cases, and the site says she focused on tractor trailer litigation over the last two years.

• Its VA malpractice page walks through the claim process, beginning with filing Standard Form 95.

Frequently asked questions about Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.

Which injury claims does Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C. handle?

The site lists car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, VA accidents, catastrophic injuries, construction accidents, premises liability, dog bites, drowning accidents and wrongful death.

Does the firm take malpractice claims involving a VA hospital?

Yes. VA medical malpractice is a named practice, and the published results include a $1,000,000 VA medical malpractice settlement and results of $950,000 and $675,000 for medical negligence at a VA facility.

Is there an hourly charge?

No. Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C. says it works on contingency and states, “You pay nothing upfront and no hourly fees at any point.”

Where is the office for clients in Macon?

At 915 Hill Park, Macon, GA 31201. The firm also keeps offices in Milledgeville and Albany.

What is the firm’s largest published result?

An $18,000,000 settlement in a defective product claim arising from a motor vehicle accident. Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C. lists 72 results on its results page, the next largest a $15,200,000 apportioned jury verdict.