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…
How many Georgians have to die before the Georgia Department of Transportation does something to fix hazardous roads? At least more than one appears to be the answer to that question. In Chatham County, the interchange of I-95 and Georgia Highway 21 has been a hazardous road known to the…
The Georgia Department of Transportation recently settled a wrongful death claim by agreeing to pay the Plaintiff $600,000.00 for the death of his wife. The Georgia DOT delayed resolution for several years and finally agreed to pay the settlement just before trial in Fulton County, Georgia. The claims in this…
If you think the Georgia DOT wouldn’t knowingly subject Georgia citizens to a hazardous road condition, think again. Monday, October 25, 2010 GDOT agrees to second settlement Family of woman killed on same stretch of highway that was cited in separate settlement to receive $1 million By Katheryn Hayes Tucker,…
Graco has recalled at least two million strollers due to the potential for strangulation of infants. These strollers have already killed four babies. The Graco stroller recall was, apparently, prompted when babies were getting their necks stuck under the tray. Check the serial number of your stroller and if you…
In what has been little publicized, Abbot Nutrition has recalled some of its Similac and Isomil Infant Formula. An internal quality review detected the possibility of the presence of a small common beetle in the product produced in one production area in a single manufacturing facility. There is a possibility…
A San Antonio, Texas jury recently found a bus driver guilty of reckless driving for causing a rear-end motor vehicle collision while he was texting on his cellphone. The texting driver now could be sentenced up to 30 days in jail. He had requested probation in a plea deal, but…
As a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, handling numerous car wreck cases, probably the saddest case of all is one that involves the death of a child. I have blogged before about the absolute necessity of back-up cameras in SUV’s, vans, trucks and really any vehicle that sits…