Bell Law Firm Secures $48 Million Verdict for Georgia Vietnam Veteran Permanently Disfigured After Doctor Failed to Diagnose and Treat Recurrent Cancer

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ATLANTA, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A Fulton County jury returned a $48 million verdict for Tony Waldrop, a Vietnam combat veteran who grew up in Cabbagetown, a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, and his wife, Patricia Worley, after finding that dermatologist surgeon Joseph R. Payne, M.D. and his group, Dermatology Associates of Atlanta, P.C. were negligent for failing to diagnose, manage, and treat recurrent skin cancer on the side of Mr. Waldrop's head. The case was tried by lead counsel Lloyd Bell of Bell Law Firm, along with Shamp Silk's Laura Shamp and The Summerville Firm's Darren Summerville.

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