The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) is kicking off the summer driving season with a period of increased enforcement of the Click It or Ticket seat belt campaign. The goal is to reduce highway fatalitiesand injuries, which increase during the summer months. According to the director of the GOHS, more than half of people…
original story by Greg Land of the Daily Report A woman who claimed an emergency room doctor’s failure to provide prompt treatment for nerve damage caused by a ruptured disk and left her permanently incontinent and unable to work was awarded a post apportionment verdict of more than $3.1 million by a Gwinnett County jury. The…
In April, a tractor-trailer carrying hazardous materials struck a passenger vehicle, causing a chemical spill that closed the downtown connector where the accident occurred. The chemical, benzoyl chloride, is harmful, with the potential to cause severe injury, burns or death if ingested or if it encounters skin or eyes. The blame in the truck accident…
The rules and regulations regarding premises liability incidents on college campuses can be complicated. There are many ways in which a visitor or student at a college campus can suffer injury. Common accidents on college campuses include slip and fall accidents, parking lot injuries, car accidents, pedestrian accidents, swimming pool accidents as well as negligent…
When a loved one is living in a nursing home or assisted living facility, you have an expectation that they will be taken care of. That’s what the home is there for, right? And yet, tragically, it seems like every day we hear horrible stories of abuse of elders and nursing home abuse in Georgia….
When you stay in a hotel, you have a reasonable expectation that the hotel is safe. This is not always the case. Hotels can be held liable for injuries to guests if the guests can prove that the hotel was negligent in some way. Under premises liability law in Georgia, guests in hotels are considered…
Last month, a six-year-old boy in Atlanta was mauled to death by two pit bulls on the way to a bus stop. The incident has led to the proposal of new dog bite reporting rules in the Georgia House. State Rep. Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) filed the bill, known as Logan’s Law, and would require annual,…
Have you ever gone to Best Buy and found just the right product at just the right value? Well, you might want to reconsider that deal. You might not know what you’re getting, and Best Buy might not know either. Are Defective Products Best Buy’s Specialty? From September 2010 to October 2015, Best Buy sold…
We all know that heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in America, but do you know the third? Some of you probably think it’s death by car accident or firearm, but you’d be wrong. It turns out that the third leading cause of death in the U.S. is medical error, but…
When was the last time you went to an amusement park? These entertainment centers are usually the hotspot for families and children to get away from it all and have some fun. But are these theme parks safe? The answer may surprise you. Are Theme Park Accidents Becoming an Epidemic? In one week, three theme…
