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The Atlanta Legal Examiner provides coverage of personal injury, mass torts, and safety issues making headlines in Atlanta and across the country. Our Latest News section brings together breaking stories and legal insights that matter to individuals, families, and communities.

Drinking And Driving Is Never A Good Combination

In a recent posting by a fellow InjuryBoard.com partner, Ed Smith, of the Law Officers of Edward A. Smith, the topic of drinking and driving is discussed in terms of what happens after some is injured due to the negligence of a drunk or impaired driver. In many instances the end result of such a rec

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 10 Jan 2007

Drinking And Driving Is Never A Good Combination

Cell Phone Ban Bill For Teen Driver's Contemplated In General Assembly

Now that the Georgia General Assembly has reconvened to tackle this year’s important tasks and to address the State’s needed changes, one topic that is expected to come up soon concerns the use of cell phones by teens while driving. According to the gwinnettdailypost.com:A bill prefiled in the House

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 10 Jan 2007

Cell Phone Ban Bill For Teen Driver's Contemplated In General Assembly

Fatal Auto Accident Leaves One Man Dead

Yet another fatal accident has occurred in Liberty County after a Midway resident loses his life in an auto accident on Highway 84. Just before the Christmas holidays, John McGrath, now deceased, was heading east on 84 in his suv when another driver, Shania Simmons, 17, turned in front of his vehicl

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 10 Jan 2007

Mentally Ill Deemed Victims Of Neglect In Georgia According To One Investigation

Are those who are deemed mentally ill or in need of psychiatric care seen as inferior or less important by society standards? If you live in the State of Georgia and base your opinion on the actions of those in charge of caring for these individuals, you just might be inclined to believe some do fee

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 9 Jan 2007

Mentally Ill Deemed Victims Of Neglect In Georgia According To One Investigation

Drunk Pedestrian Dies After Trying To Cross The Road In Columbus

In a second alcohol related accident in the Columbus, Georgia area, a pedestrian was struck and killed by another driver as he was trying to cross the road. Jack L. Whitten, 54, of Columbus, was struck and killed by a vehicle traveling on Veterans Parkway near 14th Street according to the authoritie

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 9 Jan 2007

Drunk Pedestrian Dies After Trying To Cross The Road In Columbus

Georgia Holiday Season More Deadly Than Predicted On State's Roadways

The Christmas holiday period in Georgia was more dangerous and deadly than previously expected on the State’s roads and highways according to the Georgia State Patrol. Each year based on detailed research and analysis, the Georgia State Patrol puts out statistics of how many auto accidents and death

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 7 Jan 2007

Georgia Holiday Season More Deadly Than Predicted On State's Roadways

Driver Flees The Scene After Causing Accident And Injuries

Driver in auto accident flees the scene to avoid liability for his actions in Gainesville, Georgia according to police. According to Sgt. Shawn Welsh, the driver of the other vehicle struck in the auto accident was ejected from his vehicle and is currently recovering from his serious yet stable inju

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 7 Jan 2007

Driver Flees The Scene After Causing Accident And Injuries

Death Ensues After Alcohol Related Auto Accident

An alcohol related auto accident ends in death in Columbus, Georgia over the Christmas holidays according to the Columbus police department. In the auto accident, Joseph Ryan McConnell, 22, lost control of his vehicle around 3:30 a.m. on Manchester Expressway near Reese Road which subsequently lead

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 7 Jan 2007

Death Ensues After Alcohol Related Auto Accident

Georgia Auto Accident Ends In Tragic Death

In a tragic Georgia auto accident, a Liberty County man was killed after the driver of the vehicle he was riding in mistakenly turned in front of an on coming Georgia State Patrol trooper on U.S 84 in Midway, Georgia. John R. McGrath, 66, of Midway was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of the

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 6 Jan 2007

Georgia Auto Accident Ends In Tragic Death

Pedestrian Struck By Car In Parking Lot Expected To Recover

If you have ever seen some who has been a victim of a pedestrian accident you know how deadly the consequences can be when someone gets struck by a motor vehicle. Belva Johnson, 92, knows first hand know after she was struck by a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot. Johnson, who was walking behin

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 6 Jan 2007

Pedestrian Struck By Car In Parking Lot Expected To Recover

Teen Struck And Killed By Van

Thursday afternoon, a 14-year-old girl was tragically struck and killed by a van while she was riding her mini-bike near Empire Boulevard at Glenrose Circle in Southwest Atlanta. Authorities are still investigating the incident and have not decided whether to charge the driver of the van with any vi

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 6 Jan 2007

Stonger Warnings Demanded For Trasylol (Open Heart Surgery Medication)

The Food and Drug Administration has said that the manufacturer of Trasylol (aprotinin) needs to use a stronger warning associated with the drug to address the overwhelming number of risks associated with kidney damage. Bayer is being asked by the FDA to promote the use of Trasylol, a drug which is

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 6 Jan 2007

Stonger Warnings Demanded For Trasylol (Open Heart Surgery Medication)