Harris Lowry Manton LLP: Savannah, Georgia

Harris Lowry Manton LLP keeps a Savannah office on East 35th Street with its own local number, alongside its Atlanta office in Brookhaven. Five lawyers appear on the site: Jeffrey R. Harris, Stephen G. Lowry, Jed D. Manton, Madeline E. McNeeley and William L. Ballard, who is of counsel. The practice is built around catastrophic harm and defective products, covering auto defects, birth injuries and cerebral palsy, burn injury, car, truck and motorcycle accidents, distracted driving, construction site accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, plane crashes, train accidents, premises liability, product liability including talcum powder matters, rideshare claims and wrongful death. It also carries business and consumer fraud alongside the injury work. Phones are answered at any hour and consultations are free.

Key facts

Phone: 912-651-9967
Address: 28 East 35th Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401
Atlanta office: 1418 Dresden Dr NE, Suite 250, Brookhaven, Georgia 30319, on 404-961-7650
Website: https://www.hlmlawfirm.com/
Attorneys: Jeffrey R. Harris, Stephen G. Lowry, Jed D. Manton and Madeline E. McNeeley, with William L. Ballard of counsel.
Availability: The site says phones are answered 24 hours a day.

Practice areas

Vehicle collisions: car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, distracted driving claims, and Uber and Lyft accidents.
Product and vehicle defect claims: auto defects, product liability and talcum powder product liability.
Transport disasters: plane crashes and train accidents.
Birth and medical claims: birth injuries, cerebral palsy and medical malpractice.
Catastrophic injuries: burn injury.
Premises and care claims: premises liability and nursing home neglect.
Workplace claims: construction site accidents.
Commercial claims: business and consumer fraud.
Wrongful death: claims brought after a fatal injury.

Who it serves

People injured in Savannah, from an office on East 35th Street with its own local number.
Clients in metro Atlanta, through the Brookhaven office.
Families of children with birth injuries and cerebral palsy, which the firm names as distinct practice areas.
People injured by a defective vehicle or product, which accounts for its two largest published results.

Verdicts and settlements

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

$47.7 million: auto defect, a case involving the paralysis of a child.
$43.5 million: nursing home abuse and neglect.
$40 million: transmission defect resulting in paraplegia.
$35 million: wrongful death in an automobile case.

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

Notable firm details

Two of its four largest published results are vehicle defect cases rather than driver negligence claims, one an auto defect and one a transmission defect.
Plane crashes and train accidents appear on the practice list as named categories.
It carries talcum powder product liability, listed beside its individual injury cases.
Business and consumer fraud sits on the same practice list as the injury work.
The site reports Better Business Bureau accreditation and membership of the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice and the American Board of Trial Advocates, along with multiple Top 100 Trial Lawyers designations.

Frequently asked questions about Harris Lowry Manton LLP

Which injury claims does Harris Lowry Manton LLP handle?

The site lists auto defects, birth injuries, cerebral palsy, burn injury, car accidents, distracted driving, construction site accidents, medical malpractice, motorcycle accidents, nursing home neglect, plane crashes, premises liability, product liability, talcum powder product liability, train accidents, truck accidents, Uber and Lyft accidents, wrongful death, and business and consumer fraud.

When does the firm get paid?

Only on a recovery. Harris Lowry Manton LLP says, “we only receive compensation if there is a settlement of your accident case or there is a court decision in your favor.”

Has the firm taken cases against vehicle manufacturers?

Yes. Auto defects are a named practice area, and two of its largest published results are defect cases, a $47.7 million auto defect matter and a $40 million transmission defect matter.

Are phones answered out of hours?

Yes. The site says phones are answered 24 hours a day, and it offers to schedule a free consultation with a Savannah personal injury lawyer.

What are the firm’s largest verdicts?

A $47.7 million auto defect result involving the paralysis of a child heads the figures Harris Lowry Manton LLP publishes, followed by $43.5 million in a nursing home abuse and neglect case, $40 million in a transmission defect matter and $35 million in an automobile wrongful death.