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Truck Accident Results In Death of Georgia Man

Posted on July 16, 2009
As a Georgia injury lawyer for over 20 years, I have represented the dependants of many workers who have died as a result of on-the-job accidents. These Georgia workers compensation claims for death benefits arise from every imaginable type of...

2009 Increase in Number of Police Officers Killed in The Line of Duty

Posted on July 15, 2009
According to a report issued by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty jumped twenty percent (20%) during the first six months of 2009. The number of...

$24 Million Awarded in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on July 14, 2009
Georgia injury lawyers know that a medical providers failure to diagnose a condition or even mis-diagnose a condition can, and often does, result in the wrongful death of a patient. A Tennessee state court jury has awarded nearly $24 million...

Medical Malpractice Myths

Posted on July 13, 2009
Now that the Obama administration is proposing health care reform, big insurance companies and some doctors associations are attempting to graft so called "tort reform" into the legislation. Georgia residents are already faced with a very restrictive system which affords...

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Georgia Boating Accidents

Posted on July 11, 2009
Our Georgia injury lawyers have represented clients who have suffered injuries or lost loved ones in boating accidents and collisions. Boating accidents usually occur in our area either on a privately owned vessel or on a personal watercraft (jet ski)...

Medical Malpractice Awards At Record Lows

Posted on July 10, 2009
A study released by Public Citizen found that medical malpractice payments were at or near record lows in 2008, but suggests the decline almost certainly indicates that a lower percentage of injured patients received compensation, not that health safety has...

Georgia Truck Accident Results In Wrongful Death of Teen

Posted on July 08, 2009
A truck accident near Albany, Georgia has resulted in the wrongful death of a 17 year old Wisconsin teenager. His 16 year old sister was seriously injured and remains in critical condition in an Albany hospital. The boy died after...

One Million Dangerous Playpens Recalled

Posted on July 08, 2009
Many Atlanta residents trust the safety of their young children to playpens. However, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is expected today to announce a recall of one million Kolcraft play yards. The recall of the portable playpens, some of which...

Bone Fusion Agent May Be Dangerous

Posted on July 03, 2009
A bone growth agent used in thousands of spinal fusion surgeries for neck pain has been linked to complications and higher cost, according to the first nationwide study of the product. Spinal fusion is one option for people with back...

Tylenol and acetaminophen dangers

Posted on July 01, 2009
Adverse prescription drug reactions are more common than most consumer are aware, and can have serious consequences, including death. Seeking to address these problems, a Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended new limits on acetaminophen, the main ingredient in...

No Injuries or Deaths Reported Following Georgia Parking Deck Collapse

Posted on June 30, 2009
Miraculously, there have been no reported injuries or deaths following an accident in Atlanta, Georgia. Yesterday a portion of a concrete parking deck in downtown Atlanta collapsed near the intersection of Spring and 5th Streets, damaging or destroying 38 vehicles...

Highway and Road Defects - Who Is Liable?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Georgia injury lawyers know that many times automobile accidents and tractor trailer truck accidents result from defects in either the design of a roadway or the existing dangerous condition of a roadway. This is particularly true if the roadway is...

MIxed News For Victims Of GM Product Liability Cases

Posted on June 29, 2009
Product liability suits, especially those involving autos and trucks, generally involve life altering injuries and death. As a result of the recent bankruptcy of General Motors Corp., many of the pending and future claims involving GM products stood to be...

Parking Deck Collapse

Posted on June 29, 2009
Atlanta is the scene of another structural collapse. It has just been reported that a parking deck collapsed in the area of Spring and 5th Streets in the midtown area of Atlanta. At this time there are no reports of...

Zicam Products Alleged To Be Dangerous Products

Posted on June 28, 2009
Federal officials are warning consumers to stop using Zicam, a popular cold remedy because they say that it could damage or destroy the users? sense of smell. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received 130 reports of people who...

Judge Rules Grout Cleaner Liability Suits Can Go Forward On Negligence Claims

Posted on June 27, 2009
Georgia injury lawyers see people seriously injured by dangerous products of all types. Many dangerous products result in the wrongful death of their users. A grout cleaner which was once sold by Home Depot is one product alleged to have...

Dangerous Products Can Cause Serious Injuries or Death

Posted on June 25, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have represented many victims of dangerous products. The type and nature of these dangerous products runs the gambit. Products liability in Georgia has arisen primarily as a negligence concept and even today...

Tractor-Trailer Accidents and Driver Fatigue

Posted on June 24, 2009
A 70-year old north Georgia man burned to death Saturday after his tractor-trailer left the roadway and caught on fire. Rescue workers attempted to pull the man from the burning truck but were unable to do so in time...

Dangers From MS Drug Tysabri

Posted on June 24, 2009
Many drugs which offer promising cures when first introduced later prove to be ineffective or even dangerous. One that falls in the dangerous category is Tysabri, manufactured by Biogen, Inc. Tysarbi is a prescription medicine approved for patients with relapsing...

ATV Liability - Do You Have Insurance Coverage Under Your Homeowners Policy?

Posted on June 23, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have written before about the potential liability one may have for ATV accidents, especially if it involves riding passengers. Not only does the owner of the ATV risk being sued for injuries...

Tractor Trailer Accidents and Driver Fatigue

Posted on June 22, 2009
Georgia citizens continue to suffer serious injuries and death in ever increasing numbers on a stretch of Interstate 85 near Newnan, Georgia. Most of these accidents involve tractor-trailers. According to authorities today, one person was killed and another person seriously...

Medical Errors At VA Hospital Concealed

Posted on June 22, 2009
Our Atlanta medical malpractice attorneys frequently see cases in which the practices engaged in by physicians are questionable. Yet in many instances the practices are so egregious that one has to wonder how the medical establishment could allow them to...

Representing Children in Serious Injury Cases

Posted on June 19, 2009
Over the years, our lawyers have handled many different cases involving serious injuries to children. These injuries arise in a myriad of contexts and are oftentimes heartbreaking. Over the years, we have had serious burn injury cases, dog bite...

Zicam Recalled for Dangerous Effects

Posted on June 17, 2009
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers to stop using Zicam, a popular homeopathic cold remedy, because it could damage or destroy their sense of smell, a condition called anosmia. The Food and Drug Administration received 130 reports...

ATV Accident Results in Serious Injury and Criminal Charge

Posted on June 16, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers have written before that with the growing popularity of ATV?s or All-Terrain Vehicles, serious injury and death cases are on the increase in Georgia, especially among children. Today I read about a tragic case that occurred...

Tire Failure Ruling Defeats Manufacturer's Attempt To Conceal Documents

Posted on June 13, 2009
Our Atlanta lawyers recently completed a case involving a tire failure on a truck.. This past Tuesday, in a case being watched nationwide by product-liability attorneys, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court a ruling that...

Medical Malpractice Awards Decrease

Posted on June 10, 2009
Medical malpractice claims in Georgia are constantly coming under fire from insurance companies and doctors who allege they raise the costs of medical care through increased insurance costs to doctors. For many years our Atlanta based attorneys have watched as...

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