Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer
Discussion of personal injury cases and legal topics, with focus on Georgia.
Author: Richard R. Schlueter, who edits the blawg, is a Georgia attorney.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Georgia • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer
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Fatal Motorycle Accident In Covington, Georgia
Last week on Tuesday, a tragic motorcycle and car accident occurred, leaving one driver dead. Stephen Andrew Wust, a 26 year old from Covington, Georgia was pronounced dead at the scene early Tuesday morning. A…
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Morehouse Bus Crash On I-75 in Georgia
Around 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 31st, a charter bus carrying 42 members of the Morehouse University marching band ran off the shoulder of I-75, flipped several times, and finally came to a rest approximately…
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Georgia Power Van Crash Causes Serious Injuries on Stone Mountain Freeway
A van carrying 9 Georgia Power employees was involved in a very serious auto collision on Tuesday after another vehicle reportedly clipped the back end of the Southern Company commuter van. According to reports, emergency…
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DUI Driver Faces Criminal Charges After Killing Family of 5 From Georgia
30 year old Dwayne Leggett of Baton Rouge has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. This comes after the tragic death of five members of a family of South Georgia after a DUI…
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Statute of Limitations Extended In Some Georgia Auto Accident Cases
A recent Georgia Supreme Court case has tolled the state’s statute of limitations for Georgia car accident cases. In Beneke v. Parker, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the statute of limitations will be tolled…
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Jury Trial Awards $3.5 Million
A woman from Illinois was recently awarded a $3.5 million award by a jury in her case against the manufacturer of Children’s Motrin. She alleged that her severe skin injuries were caused by a rare…
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Former Atlanta Falcon Football Player Killed In Tragic Car Accident
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that professional athletes are people, too. We see them from such distance, and their talent so outstrips most of our own, that they can sometimes seem invincible, emotionless, and unassailable.…
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More Georgia Car Wrecks Than Expected Over Labor Day Weekend
Death Rate Down, Car Wrecks Up this Holiday Weekend: While there were fewer fatalities than expected this Labor Day weekend, the number of Georgia car wrecks went well beyond what was predicted. The Georgia Department…
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Gwinnett Police Officer Arrested After Causing DUI Accident In Georgia
27 year old Gwinnett County police officer James Stoudenmire caused aDUI car accident on Pleasant Hill Road when leaving Wild Bill’s, a dance club. He rear-ended a Mazda at a stop light while driving in…
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Pfizer Fined $2.3 Billion For Illegally Advertising Its Drugs
Pfizer and its subsidiary, Upjohn, are paying $2.3 billion in order to settle criminal and civil liability that arose from illegal promotion of the painkiller Bextra. Bextra, according to the Wall Street Journal, was pulled…