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Georgia Infants At Risk - Drop Side Crib Dangers

Posted on May 23, 2010
Infants throughout Georgia and the rest of the country face a clear danger from drop side cribs. Drop side baby cribs have been responsible for the deaths of at least 32 infants and toddlers since 2000, and are suspected in...

Evaluating Pain and Suffering: A Difficult Task

Posted on May 16, 2010
In a personal injury lawsuit, it is always difficult for the trial lawyer representing the injured victim to talk about money in the context of pain and suffering. How does one fairly compensate an individual who is suffering as a...

Deadly Police Chases Still In The News

Posted on May 15, 2010
As our firm handles police chases for innocent victims tragically caught up in these dangerous pursuits through no fault of their own, and as we have witnessed many different tragedies in this context, we obviously pay close attention to...

Military Members Have No Recourse For Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 11, 2010
Our military service members stand ready to put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms upon which our country is based. Yet, they are not provided the basic remedies available to other citizens who are victims of medical...

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Healthcare Reform Protects Patients and Saves Millions

Posted on May 09, 2010
Medical errors kill and maim thousands of citizens every year. Now, under the new health care reform legislation, something is finally being done to protect innocent potential victims of medical errors. The new healthcare legislation, which was so vehemently opposed...

Anti-Lock Brake Systems For Motorcycles

Posted on May 09, 2010
Motorcycle fatalities surpassed over 5,000 in 2008. While preliminary estimates forecast a decline in 2009, there has been a steady increase in motorcycle deaths in recent years compared to a decrease in fatalities for passenger vehicles. A recent study by...

E-coli Tainted Lettuce Recalled

Posted on May 07, 2010
An outbreak of 19 E-coli related illnesses in Michigan, Ohio and New York may be linked to shredded romaine lettuce sold to grocery stores for use in salad bars and delis, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Yesterday,...

Health Insurers End Rescission Practices Early

Posted on May 04, 2010
Health insurance companies have been under fire for cancelling policies after the insured becomes sick. Under this policy, called rescission, the companies would scour the application of the insured for any intentional or unintentional error and then use this as...

Judge Rejects Infusion Pump Plea Agreement

Posted on May 02, 2010
We have recently written about the defective heart defibrillators sold by the Guidant Corporation and the dangers they present. Last week a federal judge in Minnesota rejected a plea agreement between the federal government and the Guidant Corporation, saying that...

Dangerous Cribs Recalled

Posted on May 01, 2010
Dangerous cribs that can injure or kill infants have been recalled. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced last week that approximately 217,000 Graco cribs have been recalled, due to a malfunction that can entrap, suffocate or strangle infants and toddlers...

Georgia Pickup Truck Drivers Will Now Be Required To Buckle Up

Posted on April 30, 2010
Georgia injury lawyers know that many victims of automobile accidents and trucking accidents would not have sustained serious injured if they had been wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision. Unfortunately many deaths have resulted from the....

Death Linked to Defective Cribs

Posted on April 30, 2010
Yesterday, the Associated Press reported that on Thursday of this week the government recalled thousands of baby cribs manufactured by Simplicity and Graco, after warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them. Apparently the problem with both types of...

Georgia House & Senate Pass Ban On Texting While Driving

Posted on April 28, 2010
It does not take a Georgia injury lawyer to appreciate the dangers of texting while driving. Each day in Atlanta and elsewhere, we see people glued to the screen on their phones, even during rush hours. Many serious automobile accidents,...

Infusion Pumps Subject To New FDA Rules

Posted on April 27, 2010
Defective medical devices have been a major source of injury and death for years. During previous administrations device makers have been basically unregulated due to lax enforcement by the Food and Drug Administration. This abdication of responsibility may soon end...

Defibrillators Recalled

Posted on April 26, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration and Medtronic Inc have announced a recall of some of Medtronic?s Lifepak heart monitor and external defibrillators. The recall was caused by concerns that the devices can unexpectedly turn on and off. The FDA said...

Clients Deserve Better And So Do Lawyers

Posted on April 24, 2010
Last night after a long day at work I went home and decided to browse local television shows. In so doing, I came across a program entitled ?American Greed.? The topic of the program I was watching was extremely...

Health Insurer Targets Women With Breast Cancer For Denial Of Coverage

Posted on April 23, 2010
Our Atlanta lawyers constantly receive calls from consumers who have had their health insurance companies refuse to pay for necessary treatment or have had their insurance cancelled after they become sick. A recent report has reveled that WellPoint, the nation's...

Suing Government Officials In Georgia

Posted on April 23, 2010
Most members of the public do not realize that it is very difficult to sue a government official. As long as government officials are acting within the scope of their discretionary authority, they are typically immunized by law from...

Motorcycle Death Rates Trend Downward

Posted on April 22, 2010
The motorcycle collision cases which our Atlanta attorneys involve devastating injuries and deaths. After rising steadily for nearly a dozen years to set a record in 2008, the number of people killed nationally in motorcycle accidents dropped dramatically last year,...

Georgia Man Critically Injured In ATV Crash

Posted on April 21, 2010
As a Georgia injury lawyer who owns an all terrain vehicle (ATV) I read about ATV accidents involving serious injury and sometimes death. Today the Gainesville Times reported that a Lula, Georgia man was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital yesterday...

Costlier and More Dangerous Back Surgeries on Rise

Posted on April 20, 2010
A study of Medicare patients shows that doctors are increasingly performing costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries, sometimes unnecessarily, for stenosis, a common lower back condition caused by aging and arthritis. Even more disturbing is that the findings suggest these...

Georgia Motorcyclist Death Raises Many Questions

Posted on April 20, 2010
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP are always receiving articles via the internet, about Georgia automobile accidents, tractor trailer trucking accidents, bus accidents and motorcycle accidents. Today I read about a Georgia motorcycle crash that resulted in the...

Georgia Truck Accident Results in Three Deaths

Posted on April 19, 2010
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have seen many tragic automobile accidents and trucking accidents involving serious injury or death but some of the worst are the ones involving burn injury. On Saturday, the Associated Press reported that...

How To Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims

Posted on April 16, 2010
Medical malpractice became a hot button issue in the recent healthcare debate. Many politicians, healthcare workers, and large insurers argued that medical malpractice cases are a large contributor to the rising cost of healthcare in the United States...

Consumer Reports Warns On Lexus Vehicle

Posted on April 16, 2010
Consumer Reports has given the Lexus GX 460 SUV a rare "Don't Buy" warning, saying a problem that occurred during routine handling tests could lead to a rollover accident in real-world driving. In another hit to Toyota's reputation, the magazine...

Misconduct In Product Liability Litigation-- Hiding Information

Posted on April 14, 2010
Our Atlanta Product Liability attorneys frequently discover that large corporations routinely hide documents and information which they are required by law to disclose to opposing parties in lawsuits. Unfortunately this illegal and unethical practice has been embraced by many large...

Food Safety

Posted on April 13, 2010
The safety of the United States food supply is a vital interest of all citizens. The recent deadly outbreaks of salmonella poisoning in peanuts, spinach, and other foods has brought the lack of safeguards in the food supply chain to...

Atlanta Motorcyclist Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver

Posted on April 12, 2010
Late Saturday night, a Georgia motorcyclist, James Springer, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. Fortunately the collision which caused his death was witnesses by an off-duty Georgia Highway patrolman. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the motorcyclist had run...

Texting While Driving Will Be Banned in Georgia

Posted on April 05, 2010
Georgia drivers using cellphones and other devices to send and receive text messages often cause automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents and truck accidents which result in serious injury and even death to innocent victims. Not a morning goes by in Atlanta...

Jury Awards $7.5 Million To Two Women Seriously Injured In Bus Accident

Posted on March 09, 2010
As is usually the case with truck accidents, bus accidents on Georgia roads and highways many times result in serious injury and sometimes death for passengers. The sheer size and weight of theses vehicles make them inherently more dangerous than...

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