Chatham County jury awards $4.8 million in 2011 road rage incident - Savannah Morning News
A Chatham County State Court jury has awarded a Kennesaw family damages totaling $4. 8 million against a Savannah man stemming from a 2011 road rage shooting on Interstate 95. Jurors last week found that Thurman Lee “Butch” Howard “acted with... Port Wentworth police reported that Howard, 53, was driving a black Audi A4 convertible and shot at the Powers Expedition five times as they drove down I-95 near the Georgia welcome center. Plaintiffs’ attorney Stephen Lowry of Savannah told the jury that Powers, driving on Highway 278 in South Carolina, saw Howard driving erratically and tailgating other drivers, and as he approached the I-95 ramp, Howard slammed on his brakes in... As Powers approached the bridge at the Georgia-South Carolina line, Howard “without any provocation” aimed a weapon at the Powers’ vehicle and fired five shots, Lowry said. Defense attorneys argued that Howard, driving alone in his wife’s Audi on Highway 278, saw the Powers SUV stopped in the center of the highway just before the I-95. Source: savannahnow.com
