Portable defibrillators have been proven to save the lives of many individuals in Georgia and across the nation who have experienced cardiac arrest. They are supposed to be easy enough for most people to use; however, states disagree with each other as to how these...
Distinguished Georgia Trial Attorneys
Month: August 2013
Georgia not alone in limiting commercial host liability
A new study reports that many U.S. states, including Georgia, have enacted laws to shield retailers from commercial host liability. As premises liability holds property owners responsible for damages suffered on dangerous property, commercial host liability holds...
MELVIN HEWITT RE-APPOINTED CVAC PRESIDENT FOR SECOND TERM
On August 12, 2013, Melvin L. Hewitt was re-appointed to serve as President of Georgia's Crime Victim Advocacy Council (CVAC) for a second term. CVAC is a non-profit organization organized in 1989 under the guidance of an urban ministry program of the United...
Man dies from fall at Turner Field
It is still unclear what caused a man to fall 65 feet to his death at Turner Field during a recent game between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. Police investigating the death said that he was alone before his fall from the upper level of the stadium....
17 Story balcony fall results in woman’s death
Georgia residents living in multi-level apartment complexes may want to take note of a deadly fall that occurred in New York. The premises liability incident involved a 35-year-old woman who fell from the 17th floor of a building after sitting on the balcony railing....
Lawsuit in elevator fatality ends with settlement
Georgia readers might take an interest in the following story of a settlement reached in the wrongful death case of a Texas woman who fell down an elevator shaft. The attorney for the woman's family announced on July 30 that the settlement in the wrongful death...
