A federal judge dismissed a false arrest complaint a woman filed against Geico Insurance after she was jailed on charges of concealing her wrecked 1988 Mercury Tracer she was supposed to turn over after the insurer paid $1,108 for it.
"This was just a mess of a case," said attorney Craig Terrett of Norcross-based Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, who defended the case with partner J. Robb Cruser. "This was definitely the right result."
The plaintiffs attorney, Lawrenceville solo Talal "Perez" Ghosheh, was not available for comment.
|Traffic accident in 2012
According to Terrett and court filings, Rosinda Matute-Castellanos' Tracer was struck by a vehicle driven by Elmo Watkins in March 2012. Watkins was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device, and Geico paid $1,108 to cover the then-24-year-old compact car the following April.
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Greg Land
Greg Land covers topics including verdicts and settlements and insurance-related litigation for the Daily Report in Atlanta.
