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FDA a Reckless Joke-Georgians Not Safe From Even Peanut Butter

Posted on January 29, 2009
The salmonella-tainted peanut butter poisoning cases nationwide are frightening and horriffic-over 500 individuals sickened from it so far and eight deaths. From peanut butter! And this is peanut butter that was supposed to have been checked by the Federal Government, in the form of the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) and through State Government, in the form of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, both of which have, obviously, failed Georgians and all United States citizens...

$3.1 Million Verdict Against Target for Malicious Proscecution

Posted on January 12, 2009
A South Carolina jury recently returned a verdict for a woman who was wrongfully accused by Target of attempting to pay for an item of merchandise with an allegedly counterfeit $100 bill. Target violated its own procedures by sending out email with surveillance photos of the plaintiff attached...

Warning to Georgia Medical Consumers: Antibiotics May Cause Tendon Ruptures

Posted on January 12, 2009
I want to continue to use my blog to warn Georgia consumers of dangerous medications when it becomes apparent that a particular drug either is more dangerous than it is helpful, or that the side effects of a drug are so severe that it calls into question using the drug in the first place...

$13 Million Jury Award to Accutane Users

Posted on January 09, 2009
Did you know there is compelling evidence that links inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to the use of Accutane, an acne drug? If you or a loved one has ever taken Accutane, you need to be aware of this causal link, especially if you begin to show signs of IBD...

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Georgia Ban on Texting While Driving a Reality Soon?

Posted on November 24, 2008
As many of you know who read my blog regularly, one of my pet peeves is folks who text while driving a motor vehicle out on the streets of Atlanta, or really anywhere in Georgia. I wrote about this recently when the State of California banned texting while driving, and I assume California has many more licensed drivers than Georgia, given the relative sizes and populations of the two states...

$650,000.00 Verdict in DeKalb County, Georgia Against Likely Suspect, GDOT

Posted on November 20, 2008
I am tickled to report a verdict this week in DeKalb County, Georgia against the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the amount of $650,000.00 for the DOT's negligence is causing a collision that resulted in a fractured hip and hip replacement of the plaintiff...

United States Supreme Court to Hear Federal Preemption Case Today

Posted on November 03, 2008
It might not be readily apparent how a case being argued in the United States Supreme Court regarding the Federal Preemption Doctrine has a tremendous effect on the rights of Georgia citizens, but it does. The United State Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in Levine v...

Warning for Georgia Parents: Simplicity Bassinets Recalled But Distributor Ignored Recall

Posted on October 30, 2008
I want to alert all Georgia parents of infants who may own a Simplicity bassinet. Do not use it any more. These bassinets have been recalled because they may lead to strangulation death of the infant. It has come to light, however, that the distributor of these deadly bassinets, SFCA, Inc...

Georgia Consumers' Alert: Baby Crib Recall

Posted on October 22, 2008
I want to pass this very important information to Georgia consumers, particularly parents and grandparents of infants, about a new crib recall. Federal regulators have ordered the recall of nearly 1.6 million cribs following the deaths of two infants...

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Height of Excellence

Posted on September 26, 2008
Below is an article that appears in today's Fulton County Daily Report about last week's Height of Excellence Gala, sponsored by Georgia Trial Lawyers Association in honor of Judge Anthony Alaimo. Judge Alaimo is an incredible American citizen and an amazing citizen of Georgia...

California Bans Texting While Driving: Georgia Should Follow

Posted on September 25, 2008
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...

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association's Height of Excellence Tonight in Atlanta

Posted on September 18, 2008
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 after him...

Should Driving Age in Georgia Be Raised?

Posted on September 09, 2008
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 one leading cause of death among teenagers...

Warning to Vytorin Users: It May Cause Cancer

Posted on September 04, 2008
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 deaths from heart attacks and strokes...

Georgia Hospital Death Ratings Not So Good

Posted on September 03, 2008
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 states but California...

Georgians Can Not Trust the DOT to Ensure Our Bridges Are Safe

Posted on August 22, 2008
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...

$20.1 Million Verdict in Clayton County, Georgia

Posted on August 19, 2008
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 broken ribs when he was rear-ended by an electrical supply truck...

$4.7 Million Verdict in DeKalb County Georgia in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on August 19, 2008
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 Greg Feagle of Atlanta...

Will There Be Any Justice for Georgia Youth?

Posted on August 15, 2008
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 of the child and they are in good hands...

Meriwhether County $1.3 Million Verdict Against Georgia DOT Affirmed

Posted on August 07, 2008
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 for a length of time between two weeks and two months...

Drivers Still Have Duty to Observe Walkers Who Text

Posted on August 07, 2008
Recently, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that walking while texting can be hazardous to your health. This may, in fact, be true...but I ask the question: Why is everyone so quick to blame the pedestrian? If you are behind the wheel of a 6,000 pound vehicle, shouldn't you watch where you are going and avoid ANY pedestrian, even those who are texting while they walk? If a pedestrian is walking in a crosswalk, a vehicle must yield to that pedestrian regardless of whether the pedestrian is texting, or talking on a cell phone, or picking his nose or doing cartwheels across the street...

Georgia DOT Slammed for $1.75 Million in Georgia Wrongful Death Case

Posted on July 15, 2008
I am pleased to report a verdict last Friday, July 11, 2008 against the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) in Taylor County in a wrongful death case. This was a death case against Georgia DOT in which the decedent motorist hydroplaned off the road into a beaver pond and drowned...

Georgia Motorists: Check the Valve Stems on Your Tires

Posted on July 15, 2008
All Georgia citizens who have replaced the tires on their cars in the last couple of years should immediately check the valve stems on the tires. They may be from a defectively manufactured lot of valve stems made by a company in China. There have been numerous instances of horrible wrecks and rollovers due to the failure of these Chinese valve stems breaking while the car is operating...

Good Hands or Boxing Gloves?: Allstate Insurance Company Pays $7 Million Fine

Posted on July 14, 2008
Below is a news article from the Associated Press that details Allstate Insurance Company's finally agreeing to pay a $7 Milliion fine for failing to disclose key documents regarding the manner in which it pays (or really, doesn't pay) claims...

NHTSA's Attempt to Sell Out Motorists on Roof Strength Thwarted

Posted on July 14, 2008
Federal roof crush rule has been delayed By Reni Gertner Staff writer Published: July 14, 2008 Just prior to the deadline for issuing a new roof crush standard, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that it is going back to the drawing board under pressure from Congress and consumer advocates...

Lovejoy, Georgia Restaurant Denies Any Responsibility for Death Caused by Food

Posted on July 09, 2008
Once again, in typical corporate fashion, the Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Lovejoy, Georgia, has denied any responsibility for its role in serving a customer a meal that, literally, killed him. The customer, who was allergic to crab meat, ordered Chicken Fresco, but, instead, was served Chicken Oscar, which has crab meat on it...

No Doubt Georgia DOT Signs Are Dangerous and Confusing

Posted on July 08, 2008
Do you remember the tragic Bluffton, Ohio baseball team bus crash that occurred here in Atlanta on I-75 last year? The Georgia DOT, in typical hard-headed fashion, denied any responsibility for their confusing road signs, which led the professional bus driver to continue to drive on what he believed to be the diamond lane for buses, when, in reality, it was an exit ramp to the LEFT of I-75...

Georgia Supreme Court Hailed as Most Productive

Posted on June 17, 2008
As a plaintiff's personal injury trial lawyer who is genuinely concerned about maintaining the independence of the judiciary, I am proud to report the Supreme Court of Georgia is the most productive high court in the country, according to a recent study by The University of Chicago Law School...

Gwinnett County, Georgia Jury Delivers Long-Awaited Justice in Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Trial

Posted on May 29, 2008
A Gwinnett County, Georgia jury has awarded $5 million in damages to the family of a new mother who drowned in a bathtub at Gwinnett Medical Center. An expectant mother, hospitalized with preeclampsia, drowned in a hospital shower after being told she was OK to shower without anyone there to check on her...

New Georgia Uninsured Motorist Law Signed by Governor Benefits All Georgia Citizens

Posted on May 15, 2008
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Protecting the Constitutional Promise of Justice for All by Guaranteeing the Right to Trial by Jury, Preserving an Independent Judiciary, And Providing Access to the Courts for All Georgians Governor?s Signing of Insurance Bill Ensures Georgians Will Get What They Pay For SB 276, a bill ensuring fairness for auto-insurance policy holders, signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue Atlanta ? Today, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law a bill that expands options for Georgia auto-insurance consumers...

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