All-terrain vehicles were designed to be used in the dirt and off paved roads; however, some riders have begun using them on paved roads in Georgia and across the nation. One study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that about two-thirds of ATV...
Distinguished Georgia Trial Attorneys
Month: December 2013
Owner urged speed before dangerous property collapse
Georgia commercial property owners may have heard that the man who owned most of the Philadelphia building that collapsed on June 5 and killed six people during demolition had been pushing for the contractors tearing it down to go faster. This may have contributed to...
Woman and former in-laws reach settlement in wrongful death suit
Court documents revealed that a settlement was reached between a Georgia woman and her former in-laws in a wrongful death lawsuit that they filed against her. The details of the settlement have not been released. The woman is serving a five-year sentence in northeast...
Train derailments decline but not stopping
In the Sandy Springs, Georgia, area and nationwide, train derailments tend to be newsworthy because of both their rareness and their severity. However, this wasn't always the case. Up until about 1980, there were approximately 3,000 derailments per year in the U.S....
Sheriff, commission chairman ordered to court for jail conditions
It was reported on Nov. 27 that U.S. District Court judge ordered a Fulton sheriff and the Commission Chairman to appear in court after they failed to mitigate the poor conditions of the Rice Street jail. Under a 2006 consent order, the facility was required to house...
