Well, here we are again. I know I have been harping alot on this hot subject, texting while driving, but I have witnessed too many Georgians being needlessly injured because of a car wreck that happened because one of the drivers was texting while driving. I have personally experienced being…
Trial Lawyers Association names award after Alaimo Thu, Sep 18, 2008 By ANNA FERGUSON The Brunswick News In his decades as a lawyer and judge, U.S. District Judge Anthony Alaimo has earned an impressive cache of honors and awards. So many, in fact, that one award is now being named…
This is a fair-minded debate about whether the driving age in Georgia should be raised. Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced its position that the driving age should be raised in all states as a safety measure. It is a known fact that car wrecks are the number…
The editors of a leading medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, cautioned Tuesday that, without more data, it’s impossible to rule out a link between the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin and cancer. The cancer link surfaced unexpectedly in July in three studies designed to show whether the drug prevents…
The Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Management have just released a startling study of death rates in our nations’ hospitals and Georgia hospitals didn’t fare so well. Nine Georgia hospitals rated worse than national norms on death rates for pneumonia or heart failure — a higher number than all…
We have just recently observed the one year anniversary of the tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota that killed thirteen people on August 2, 2007. Our hearts and prayers remain with those families as they continue to heal from that horrible accident. The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) ruled…
I am please today to report a $20.1 Million verdict in a motor vehicle accident wrongful death case against an electrical supply company and their employee driver. The verdict came back today from the Clayton County State Court jury. The case involved a 62 year old school teacher who suffered…
I am pleased to report in the verdict department of a verdict yesterday in DeKalb County, Georgia of $4.7 Million in a medical malpractice case. No doubt the families of the victim had to wait years to realize this full dose of justice. Congratulations to Plaintiff’s counsel Bill Ballard and…
A very sad article appears in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution today about the unnecessary and tragic death of a North Georgia youth at an alternative school. The child hanged himself after being left for hours alone in a “seclusion” room. My friend Wyc Orr represents the mother and father…
It is with great pleasure that I report to my fair readers that the Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed a $1.3 Million wrongful death verdict against the Georgia DOT. The case, Baldwin v. DOT, involved the Georgia DOT’s failure to notice and fix a stop sign that was down…