Many Georgia parents are saying prayers of thanks tonight that no one was injured in the latest bus crash in Georgia. This latest crash near Macon, Georgia involved a bus loaded with Gwinnett County students coming home from Orlando, Florida following a school choir trip. Many of the bus passengers…
The United States Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments tomorrow in a gender discrimination class action case against WalMart. The plaintiffs, female employees of WalMart, allege WalMart has been paying women in the United States less than men for the same work and of passing the women over for…
Residents Awarded $1.5M For Sewer Damage Posted: 6:45 am EST March 8, 2011 Updated: 6:46 am EST March 8, 2011 ATLANTA — The city of Atlanta has settled a long-standing lawsuit with 23 Atlanta residents who have dealt with years of flooding and raw sewage backups in their homes. The…
Jury awards MARTA lieutenant $700,000 verdict ShareThisPrint E-mail By Bill Rankin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A federal jury has awarded $700,000 to a police lieutenant on charges MARTA retaliated against him after he filed a race discrimination complaint against the agency. On Wednesday, the jury awarded Lt. George Hernandez $100,000 in…
I was saddened to learn of the death of a DOT Hero Unit employee today while he was doing his job helping a stranded motorist on the side of I-85. My deepest sympathies go out to the family of the deceased DOT employee. As a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer here…
As a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney, I often have the difficult job of representing the family members or next-of-kin in wrongful death cases in which a loved one has been killed in a wreck. That sometimes includes motorcyclists, bicyclists and even riders of ATV’s. I saw that another Georgia motorcyclist…
I am thrilled to hear that the Consumer Product Safety Commission will be launching a new website on which consumers may search for a product by name or type to see what safety issues may arise with that product. This is long overdue and I believe will prevent numerous injuries…
It is a morbid statistic to keep up with, for sure, but one the Georgia Department of Public Safety has been keeping for years, that it the number of Holiday Fatalities on Georgia Roads. This Thanksgiving Holiday (from Wednesday to Sunday) eleven Georgia citizens lost their lives on Georgia roads.…
Monday, November 22, 2010 $750K deal reached in ‘Joshua’s Law’ case By Greg Land, Staff Reporter The parents of Joshua Brown, the 17-year-old driver killed in 2003 when he lost control of his car on a stretch of wet highway north of Cartersville, reached a $750,000 settlement with the Georgia…
$750K settlement reached in “Joshua’s Law” case 1:17 pm, November 19th, 2010 The parents of Joshua Brown, the 17-year-old driver killed in 2003 when he lost control of his car on a stretch of wet highway north of Cartersville, reached a $750,000 settlement with the Georgia Department of Transportation just…