Most workplaces do everything they can to keep their workers safe from harm while on the job. Sadly, it is not unheard of for some companies to cut corners on or even deliberately flout safety protocols that can wind up seriously harming employees. The Occupational...
Wrongful Death
Number of fatal car crashes in Georgia rose in 2020
Modern driving technology combined with several changes in traffic law have caused the number of fatal car crashes to drop in recent years. Officials say that they expected that trend to continue this past year, but were sadly wrong. In 2019 in Georgia, 1,500 lives...
Wrongful death: Fatal Thanksgiving crashes up over last year
The holidays usually mean a time of togetherness for families, but several here in Georgia are now grieving instead. The Department of Public Safety reports that its crash statistics for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend are now available. They paint a grim picture,...
Wrongful death claims in Georgia: The basics
When a loved one dies, it’s always hard. The situation becomes tragic, however, when the death was related to someone else’s negligent, reckless or criminal actions and was otherwise wholly preventable. When that happens, you may be able to pursue a wrongful death...
Fatalities over Labor Day weekend may mean wrongful death claims
The recent Labor Day holiday weekend was likely a cause of celebration and relaxation for many people across Georgia. The weather was still quite pleasant, and many families used the opportunity of the long weekend to spend time together enjoying a last bit of summer...
Can the death of a mother in birth be a wrongful death claim?
Childbirth is a time that should be filled with nothing but excitement and love, but it can become, in the worst-case scenario, a time that is fraught with danger for the mother and the child. Unfortunately, there are instances of childbirth ending in tragedy: the...
When negligence results it the loss of a loved one in Georgia
"Tragedy" is a word that is, unfortunately, being used all too frequently in America these days. It seems like President Obama is ordered flags to be flown at half-mast almost every other month because of a tragedy that plays out in some part of the country. As...
Mother of deceased inmate files wrongful death case in Georgia
Our readers may have noticed that there is a disturbing trend that seems to be rippling through local and national news coverage these days -- inmates who die while in the custody of law enforcement officers and county jails. The most explosive story, of course, came...
How common are work zone fatalities in Georgia?
Most of our Georgia readers have probably spent quite a bit of their daily commute stuck in traffic near a construction work zone at one point or another. Infrastructure work throughout the country seems to be a never-ending and thankless task as most commuters simply...
Is there a new push to install seatbelts in school buses?
Many of our North Georgia readers probably rode a bus to and from school throughout much of their kindergarten through high school days. Indeed, most people throughout the country could probably say the same thing about their transportation to and from school. But,...
