If the current economic problems and real estate collapse is not enough, there is another potential hazard for Georgia homeowners. Class action lawsuits are being filed in Florida claiming homes there have been built with potentially toxic drywall. As we have seen in the past with children’s’ toys, dog food…
According to recently released government statistics, the official unemployment rate is over 8% and climbing steadily. Georgia Department of Labor Web Site. No one needs to be told how tough times are these days and it’s any one’s guess as to when the job market will rebound. Conventional wisdom dictates…
On March 4, 2009, the Supreme Court upheld a $6.7 million award to a woman whose arm had to be amputated due to complications she suffered after being injected with the popular anti-nausea drug, Phenergan. The woman was injected with the drug to combat nausea related to migraine headaches and…
Many patients who are being treated for personal injuries are finding that a co-pay is no longer sufficient to visit the doctor’s office. In a new trend, doctors’ offices are demanding full payments up to the deductible amounts, often before the doctor will see the patient. An industry analyst says…
In previous articles, we have discussed the General Overview of a Georgia Medical Malpractice Case and the first three elements of this type of case i.e, duty, breach and causation. If a doctor treats a patient, a doctor- patient relationship exists. Once the relationship exists, the doctor has the duty to…
In previous articles, we have discussed the General Overview of a Georgia Medical Malpractice Case and the first two elements of this type of case i.e, duty and breach. As discussed in previous posts, duty is satisfied by the existence of the doctor-client relationship and breach is proven when the…
In previous articles, we have discussed the general overview of a Georgia Medical Malpractice Case and the first element of this type of case i.e, duty. Duty is, most times established by the doctor-patient relationship and is rarely contested at the trial of a medical malpractice case in Georgia. Today…
Effective January 1, 2009, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was amended to broaden the number of workers who are protected by the ADA. Under the ADA, workers are “disabled” if they suffer from (1) an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) possess a record…
Most experienced injury lawyers agree that the owner of a chimpanzee shot and killed by police after it attacked a 55-year-old woman last week will likely be named in a lawsuit. The state could also be held liable in the incident because it should have known the animal was a…
I’m sure most people caught the outrageous story of the 200-pound pet chimp who went berserk and attacked his owner’s house guest. Sure to draw attention due to the bizarre circumstances, the story appeared in most newspapers across the country including the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Charla Nash, 55, was visiting…