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Georgia Jury Awards $1.25 Million for Neglect by Nursing Home

Posted on January 28, 2009
The lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have seen many different types of injuries result from being in various nursing homes. Some injuries are the result of being assaulted by nursing home staff or other patients and others are the result...

Georgia Senator Introduces a Bill To Regulate Television Advertising By Lawyers

Posted on January 26, 2009
The personal injury law firm of Finch McCranie, LLP has been representing victims of truck accidents and automobile accidents for over 40 years. We do not advertise on television and have no intention of doing so. Unseemly television advertising has....

Two Georgians Injured By Peanut Product Salmonella Food Poisoning

Posted on January 25, 2009
Our Georgia injury lawyers know that food poisoning cases can result in serious injury, and sometimes death. Just this week, federal officials announced that two Georgia citizens have been poisoned by salmonella found in peanut products and they warned consumers...

Uninsured Motorist Coverage And Georgia Drivers:

Posted on January 25, 2009
We have blogged before about the importance of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Because of the economic problems being currently experienced by our Country, such coverage is probably now more important than ever. Many people who are experiencing economic problems are...

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Georgia?s Emergency Rooms-A Safe Haven For Medical Malpractice

Posted on January 24, 2009
Georgia injury lawyers are acutely aware of the so-called ?tort reform? changes in the law which has limited and in some cases eliminated the rights of victims of medical malpractice. Unfortunately, most Georgia citizens are unaware that since 2005, emergency...

Insurance Limits for Georgia Trucking Companies Are Grossly Inadequate

Posted on January 23, 2009
In order to operate a interstate motor carrier on the highways of this country, a motor carrier must have the minimum of $750,000.00 in liability insurance coverage. If such a trucking company causes an accident then, at least, the...

Atlanta Police Chase Results In Death

Posted on January 23, 2009
We read last week about another tragic ending to a police chase case in Atlanta on January 15, 2009. Unlike many other such matters where the death is not worth it from a societal standpoint, this case appears to...

Consumers of Dangerous Drugs Have Uphill Battle-Doctrine of Federal Preemption Protects Drug Companies

Posted on January 23, 2009
Like most Georgia injury lawyers, we are seeing more and more dangerous drug cases being dismissed because of the doctrine of federal preemption. An example of this came to our attention recently. A Kentucky man developed a drug-induced neurological disease...

Bike-Car Accidents Often Result In Death Or Serious Injury

Posted on January 22, 2009
The injury lawyers in our firm have seen over the years that bicycle-car accidents can have serious consequences for the cyclist and often involve death or, at a minimum serious personal injury. A recent verdict demonstrates the kind of traumatic...

Atlanta Trucking Accidents Decreased by Simple Safety Regulations

Posted on January 22, 2009
Here in Atlanta and throughout the country a simple safety regulation has saved many lives with respect to dangers posed by trucks on our interstate highways. The safety regulation we refer to here is the conspicuity tape that one...

Brain Injuries and Death Often Result From Falls

Posted on January 21, 2009
As Georgia personal injury lawyers we have represented many people who have died or sustained serious injuries as a result of falling. Many of them are senior citizens and many of the accidents are a result of dangerous conditions caused...

Drunk Driving Statistics Released

Posted on January 21, 2009
At least every week the Atlanta media carries a story concerning a wreck in which alcohol and drunk driving are a factor. The lawyers at Finch McCranie LLP see entirely too many cases in which alcohol or drunk driving cause...

Atlanta Consumers Affected By Recall of Play Yards

Posted on January 18, 2009
The Atlanta based lawyers with Finch McCranie LLP frequently receive calls about children injured by products specifically designed for their use. Last Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, recalled 200,000 potentially deadly Fisher-Price's Rainforest play yards...

Georgia Connection To Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on January 18, 2009
The current salmonella outbreak has a Georgia connection. The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that peanut butter and peanut paste made from ground roasted peanuts, manufactured in Peanut Corp.'s Blakely, Georgia, plant were found to contain the bacteria...

Georgia Governor Proposal LInked To Medical Device Approval Which Was Slammed By GAO Report

Posted on January 16, 2009
The Governor of Georgia has proposed legislation endorsing a system that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) castigated in a report issued yesterday. The GAO concluded that almost twenty years after Congress directed that all high-tech medical devices be subjected to...

Dangerous Crib Recall

Posted on January 14, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that about 535,000 Stork Craft Baby Cribs have been recalled. These cribs pose an entrapment and suffocation risk. The CPSC has instructed customers to stop using the products immediately. The cribs were made by...

Drug Maker May Enter Record Settlement With Government

Posted on January 14, 2009
Eli Lilly, the drug company, according to a report in the New York times, is expected to agree as soon as Thursday to pay $1.4 billion to settle criminal and civil charges that it illegally marketed its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa...

Deaths Linked To Salmonella in Peanut Butter

Posted on January 13, 2009
The salmonella outbreak across the nation has been potentially traced to peanut butter. A recall has been issued for peanut butter distributed by King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio. The peanut butter was supplied only through food service providers and...

Truck Accident Cases and Destruction of Evidence

Posted on January 09, 2009
Our truck accident lawyers see many instances in which truck drivers and trucking companies destroy evidence after the collision. The law has fashioned a remedy for this type of conduct - spoliation. Spoliation refers to the destruction or failure to...

Salmonella Outbreak in Georgia

Posted on January 08, 2009
Our lawyers receive numerous calls concernig foodborne illnesses, particularly those contracted in restuarants. Now, Georgia is among the 42 states that have been struck with a salmonella outbreak, with five people taken ill and one requiring hospitalization, according to officials...

Canadian Citizens Needing Lawyers for Personal Injuries and Wrongful Death Cases in United States: A Bittersweet Relationship

Posted on January 07, 2009
Our U.S. law firm celebrates Canada's Thanksgiving Day in October for a reason. When some Canadian citizens suffered tragic injuries and deaths in a tractor-trailer accident in Georgia some years ago, a Canadian lawyer contacted me to represent his parents,...

Defective Medical Devices Protected By Regulators

Posted on January 07, 2009
Dangerous and defective medical devices pose a real and present danger to patients everyday in the Unites States. In many cases the results are debilitating injuries or death. Recently, the United States Supreme Court, at the urging of the Bush...

Aviation Accident Lawsuit Over Another Preventable Airplane Crash

Posted on January 06, 2009
Last week we told the story of a recurring tragedy--a preventable aviation accident that took the lives of all on board--in a wrongful death lawsuit we filed last week. The story of this airplane crash is yet another disturbing example...

Defective Fans Subject of Fine By USCPSC

Posted on January 05, 2009
Portable fans have been overheating and causing fires. Now, a company which manufactures these dangerous products will pay a $500,000 fine for not quickly reporting these problems. Lasko Products received 42 related complaints involving nine injuries and property damage from...

Car Wreck Fatalities Involving Alcohol Impaired Young Drivers

Posted on January 02, 2009
Fatal car wrecks involving alcohol impaired young drivers are a major concern, especially around the Christmas and New Years holidays. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), recently released a study involving alcohol related deaths from crashes involving 21-24 year...

Credit Card Rules Protect Consumers

Posted on December 27, 2008
Consumers have received long overdue protections from abusive practices by credit card issuers . In enacting the most sweeping changes to credit cards in decades, federal regulators on Thursday approved new rules to crack down on unfair and deceptive practices...

Van Accidents Continue To Kill and Injure

Posted on December 27, 2008
Van accidents continue to be a major cause of death and injury on the nation?s roadways. Our Atlanta injury lawyers are keenly aware of these dangers. Fifteen-passenger vans typically have seating positions for a driver and 14 passengers. They are...

New Credit Card Rules Protect Consumers

Posted on December 25, 2008
Consumers received long overdue protections from abusive practices by credit card issuers yesterday. In enacting the most sweeping changes to credit cards in decades, federal regulators on Thursday approved new rules to crack down on unfair and deceptive practices by...

Dangerous Trucking Regulations Enacted

Posted on December 24, 2008
Our truck accident lawyers regularly investigate and pursue cases in which heavy truck drivers cause serious injury and death by driving while fatigued. The pressure on drivers to drive in this condition is enormous. The more miles driven the more...

Construction Accident Lawyers Approach to Atlanta Botanical Gardens Bridge Collapse

Posted on December 22, 2008
The tragedy of preventable construction accidents was repeated last week at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, a beautiful area near my home enjoyed by young and old alike. News reports have described the horror of one dead, and eighteen injured, many...

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