Reynolds, Horne & Survant: Macon, Georgia

W. Carl Reynolds founded Reynolds, Horne & Survant, and the site records that he has represented plaintiffs in civil litigation since 1970. The firm works from Peake Road in Macon, lists eight attorneys, and says it has been helping people in middle Georgia for over fifty years. Its practice covers car, truck and motorcycle accidents, workers’ compensation, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, plane crashes, nursing home negligence and premises liability, and it also offers mediation. Its lawyers take questions on LawCall, which the site says airs on 13WMAZ every Sunday night at 11:35 p.m., and initial consultations are free.

Key facts

Phone: (478) 405-0300
Address: 6320 Peake Rd, P.O. Box 26610, Macon, GA 31210-6610
Website: https://reynoldsinjurylaw.com/
Attorneys: W. Carl Reynolds, founder; O. Wendell Horne III and Bradley J. Survant, partners; Kate Reynolds Kirbo, Marty K. Senn, Barret W. Kirbo, Abbie R. Brown and Michael G. Horner.
Bar admission: The site records that Carl Reynolds was admitted to the Georgia and Florida Bars in 1969.
Service area: The site states, “our office is in Macon, Georgia, but we serve clients throughout the southeastern United States and nationwide.”
Fee: The site says initial consultations are always free and states, “If we don’t make a recovery, you pay nothing for our time.” Case expenses are a question for the consultation.
Availability: The site says the firm will assist clients 24/7.

Practice areas

Vehicle collisions: car accidents, truck accidents and motorcycle accidents.
Aviation claims: plane crashes, including claims involving commercial and personally owned aircraft.
Medical and care claims: medical malpractice and nursing home negligence.
Product claims: products liability.
Premises claims: premises liability, including a business’s failure to provide adequate security.
Workplace claims: workers’ compensation.
Wrongful death: claims brought after a fatal injury.
Dispute resolution: mediation, which Wendell Horne conducts.

Who it serves

People injured in Macon, reached from the office on Peake Road.
People hurt on a business’s premises, including through a failure to provide adequate security, which the firm names under premises liability.
Families bringing a wrongful death claim, which the firm lists as a practice area of its own.
Parties to a dispute who need a mediator, a service the firm offers apart from its injury cases.

Verdicts and settlements

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

$23.2 million: 18 wheeler wreck, awarded to a College Park widower and his daughter, who was severely injured when the top of the car her mother was driving was sheared off by a tractor trailer blocking both lanes of an unlit highway before daylight; the site says no cones or warning flares were put out, and the mother was killed.
$18.3 million: product liability verdict in Lexington, KY, for a young man left brain damaged, paralyzed and disfigured when the truck tire he was inflating exploded due to a defective multi-piece rim.
$9.73 million: car wreck and government liability verdict in Twiggs County for the family of a 76-year-old father of five; the site says a claim was pursued against GDOT for negligent maintenance of the highway, and the jury apportioned 25% liability to the defendant driver and 75% to GDOT.
$3.76 million: medical malpractice verdict for the parents of a 13-year-old girl who died after an anaphylactic reaction to an allergy shot given by an LPN in an allergy doctor’s office.
$3.7 million: medical malpractice, awarded to the parents of a baby who suffered perinatal asphyxia at birth; the site says expert testimony indicated a C-section should have been performed.
$3.5 million: motorcycle accident, for a client who lost one of his legs when a driver failed to yield and turned in front of him.
$2,000,000: 18 wheeler, awarded to the husband of a 42-year-old school teacher killed by a tractor trailer with malfunctioning brakes.
$2 million: motorcycle accident recovery, which the site says represented all of the insurance available.
$1,750,000: wrongful death verdict, awarded to the husband of a woman killed when a rotting tree fell onto her car from the defendant’s property during a storm.

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

Notable firm details

Abbie R. Brown concentrates on lien resolution, working to protect client settlements from lienholders including Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBA and ERISA health plans.
The site publishes a guide, “How to Select a Qualified Lawyer,” a list of questions for interviewing any lawyer under consideration.
The site records that Carl Reynolds was voted “Georgia Trial Lawyer of the Year” in 1999 through the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Bradley J. Survant joined Carl Reynolds in 1991 and has been with the firm since.
Marty K. Senn joined in 2018 after several years on the civil defense side representing insurance companies, commercial carriers and corporate entities.

Frequently asked questions about Reynolds, Horne & Survant

Which injury claims does Reynolds, Horne & Survant handle?

The site lists car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, workers’ compensation, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, plane crashes, nursing home negligence and premises liability.

Is anything owed before the case is won?

No. Reynolds, Horne & Survant says initial consultations are always free and that it receives a fee only on the amount it recovers; if there is no recovery, the client pays nothing for the firm’s time.

Does the firm deal with Medicare or Medicaid liens on a settlement?

Yes. Abbie R. Brown concentrates on lien resolution, including claims by Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBA and ERISA health plans against a settlement.

Does the firm take cases from outside Macon?

Yes. The site says its office is in Macon but that it serves clients throughout the southeastern United States and nationwide.

What is the largest result the firm has published?

$23.2 million, awarded to a College Park widower and his injured daughter after a tractor trailer blocked both lanes of an unlit highway. Reynolds, Horne & Survant also lists an $18.3 million product liability verdict in Lexington, KY.