A Georgia shopper won $975,000 over a fall at Walmart in 2020, but her lawyer compared pain damages with an expert's $8,000 daily fee; on October 29, an appeals court overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial

• The court found that her lawyer had used unrelated figures, including an expert witness's $8,000 daily fee, to suggest how much money the woman should receive for pain and suffering.
• The judges ruled that these comparisons were not permitted under Georgia's revised law and could have influenced the jury's decision.