Savannah attorneys Steve Lowry, Harris Penn Lowry DelCampo, LLP, and Jim Carter, James E Carter & Associates, have won an $11.5 million verdict against the federal government for the negligence of a U.S. Postal Service employee.

U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land ordered the government, in a case heard in Athens, to pay the money to Mary Bilbrey and her profoundly injured son, Anthony, after mail delivery man Randy Malcom was found negligent in the operation of his mail delivery truck.

Bilbrey, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant, and her finace, Jason Murray, were driving home on Dec. 22, 2006, after Christmas shopping, when Malcom pulled into their lane from the right-hand side of the road.

Murray lost control and ran into a fence. Malcom didn’t stop to help and left the scene. Bilbrey’s son was delivered by C-section and will never roll over, sit up, stand, walk, talk or eat on his own.

A conservator has been named to ensure the money is managed properly to care for the boy.