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What Are Georgia State Troopers Doing To Address Intoxicated Driving?

Drunk driving crashes are preventable tragedies that rob families of loved ones and change the lives of survivors forever. Fortunately, the men and women in Georgia law enforcement have played a major role in protecting motorists throughout our state. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety provided the Georgia Department of Public Safety with a grant…

January 5, 2015

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Horton awarded $2.5 million in lawsuit

original story by Don Richardson of The Telfair Enterprise Former Telfair County coroner Raford Horton last week received a favorable verdict in a lawsuit related to his 2008 two-vehicle accident on Ga. Highway 31 (441) in front of his wrecker business. A Telfair County jury award Horton a total of $2,546,804: $1,253,804 for medical bills;…

October 5, 2011

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Employee’s cellphone dials up $5.2 million settlement in car crash

In a case that could convince businesses to tell their employees to hang up their cellphones while driving, a Georgia woman won a $5.2 million settlement from a paper company whose employee caused an accident while talking on a company cellphone. The plaintiff’s attorney, Katherine McArthur, said that proving liability was fairly straightforward, but the…

March 10, 2008

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Explosion Case Reaps $19 Million

original story by Katie Wood of the Daily Report Along the way to winning a $19 million verdict, the Macon lawyers representing the paralyzed and brain damaged victim of an exploding tire rim rejected a $7.5 million settlement offer. The defense proposal came after a federal jury in Lexington, Ky., determined that neither plaintiff Danny Webb nor…

March 18, 1991

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$2 Million Award In Cochran Record Wrongful Death Verdict For Bleckley County

original story by Donald Johnston of the Daily Report A record $2 million wrongful death verdict reached Friday in Bleckley County Superior Court was “nothing more and nothing less” than a tribute to a 42-year-old schoolteacher killed by a tractor-trailer with malfunctioning brakes, says plaintiff’s attorney W. Carl Reynolds. Reynolds and his partner, Katherine L. McArthur,…

October 4, 1988

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