On June 29, 2023, the New York Law Journal reported that an attorney in Georgia had won a $1,500,000 verdict three months ago for his client who was injured in a car accident. That verdict was tossed out based on the defense attorney's post trial motion for a new trial. The trial court found that the plaintiff's attorney's mid-trial social media posts violated Georgia's Rules of Professional Conduct. In his social media posts the attorney publicly complained that the jury had not been allowed to be informed that: 1) the costs of the defense are borne by insurance companies; 2) the defense had made offers of settlement but would sum up recommending the jury award zero to the plaintiff; and, 3) the defendant had been ticketed post-accident for driving without a valid license. Although plaintiff's attorney pointed out that none of the jurors had, in fact, seen his posts during the trial, the content of those posts were prohibited for use at trial. Cartagena v Medford, Gwinnett County, Georgia Index No. 20C-4779-4