The Fulton County Superior Court jury returned a $12.2 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff after four days of trial and less than four hours of deliberations. (Credit: Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Adobe Stock)

Atlanta litigators with Ichter Davis convinced a Fulton County Superior Court jury to return a $12.2 million breach-of-contract verdict against an insurer accused of mismanaging a policyholder's medical-malpractice defense case.

Now Cary Ichter is breaking down the strategy he and James "Jim" W. Hawkins deployed to establish that MagMutual Insurance Co.'s delay in assigning their client defense counsel resulted in damages.

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Cedra Mayfield

Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield