Doctors Tried to Lower Cost of Cancer Meds. Manufacturers Tripled the Price in Response
The nonprofit organization, Value in Cancer Care Consortium, recently completed research suggesting a popular cancer drug that typically costs $148,000 per year for patients may work just as effectively in smaller doses, and could cut the drug’s prices down to about $50,000. However, just as this research was made public, the Washington Post reported that…
Read MoreWhat Are Catastrophic Injuries?
What are catastrophic injuries? The way that I typically think of that is a life-altering injury. If something happens to someone that changes the way they view the world, and changes how they interact with other people, those are catastrophic injuries. Some of them are obvious things like spinal cord injuries, but there are other,…
Read MoreCarbon Monoxide Poisoning Thought to Be the Reason for the Death of Couple on Lake Lanier
Rangers from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources discovered the bodies of Gainesville residents Andrew Maronge and Julie Wright on a boat on Lake Lanier. The investigation is still pending, and an autopsy has not yet been completed, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that carbon monoxide (“CO”) poisoning appears to be the reason. The…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations Laws
Medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional provides care or treatment for a patient that falls below the “standard of care,” which results in that patient’s injury. According to John Hopkins University, more than 250,000 cases of medical malpractice leading to patient deaths occur each year in the United States. This exceeds the number of…
Read MoreSavannah Mourns the Loss of a Police Officer Killed While Working at a Crash Scene
Savannah is mourning the loss of Anthony Christie, a police officer with the Savannah Police Department (“SPD”), who was tragically killed in the line of duty on Friday, May 25, 2018. Officer Christie was directing traffic around a head-on collision on eastbound I-16 at Dean Forest Road, at around 2:30 a.m. He was in his…
Read More6 Common Myths and Misconceptions About Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) contributes to about 30% of all injury deaths in the United States. A TBI can be caused by a bump or a blow to the head, or it can be a result of strong forces, such as in a car crash. While not every blow to the head will result in…
Read MoreAnother Self-Driving Car Crash in Arizona
Less than two months after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber in Tempe, Arizona, more bad news about autonomous vehicles comes out of the Grand Canyon state. A self-driving Waymo minivan was involved in a collision when it collided with another vehicle in Chandler, Arizona on May 4, 2018. The safety…
Read MoreTesla and NTSB Feud Over Safety Probe
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has removed Tesla Inc. from its role in the investigation of a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, claiming the automaker violated an agreement not to disclose information while the probe was still ongoing. The decision was relayed to Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on April 11. However,…
Read MoreWhy Do I Need to Hire a Lawyer Quickly in a Trucking/Tractor-Trailer Case?
The reason why it’s important to hire a lawyer quickly in a trucking or tractor trailer case is because most trucking companies have quick response teams. They are ready to go 24 hours a day. If there’s a collision with a tractor trailer in the middle of the night, the first call they make before…
Read MoreGeorgia Wants to Build a Truck-Only Highway
Atlanta is one of the most congested freight bottlenecks in the nation. However, if the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) gets their way, the city may see some of that traffic lighten up in the next decade. GDOT plans to build a nearly 40-mile long truck-only highway from near Macon to the McDonough area, with…
Read MoreTop Ten Product Recalls in the United States
Every year, thousands of people are injured or killed by defective products. Under Georgia law, companies and manufacturers have a duty to consumers to ensure their products are safe. Any product that malfunctions or otherwise doesn’t work as intended is considered defective. And, if that product injures the consumer, the product may be considered dangerous.…
Read MoreHow Do I Know if I Have a Product Liability Case?
A lot of times what we look for in a product liability claim is when you have what we would call an unexpected injury. If for instance there’s an auto collision where four people are in the vehicle and three people are relatively uninjured, but one person is severely injured, because maybe their seat back…
Read MoreMandatory Opioid Drug Testing for Truck Drivers to Prevent Drugged Driving
The nationwide opioid epidemic has taken a significant toll in the lives of Americans, and that includes truck drivers. Truck accidents caused by drivers impaired by drugs devastate the lives of everyone involved. Last year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a rule that would revise the current drug and alcohol testing regulations to…
Read MoreCurrent Safety Recalls for Dangerous and Defective Products
Companies are legally obligated to make products that are safe and that work as promised. In instances where there is an inherent danger in the product – like a curling iron that gets very hot, for example – the manufacturer includes a warning label informing the consumer how to use the product safely to avoid…
Read MoreWhy Are Tractor-Trailer Trucks More Dangerous than Other Vehicles?
The reason why trucks and tractor-trailers are more dangerous than most other vehicles on the road is: one, is obvious that they are much larger. They sometimes weigh 60 to 80,000 pounds, but the average car weighs somewhere around 3 to 4,000 pounds. When a tractor-trailer is out of control or crashes into something, it’s…
Read MoreA Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-285 Has Led to the Death of a 4-Year-Old
A truck crash in Fulton County has led to the tragic death of a four-year-old child. The crash took place on Thursday, April 19, around 4:30 p.m. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “a Hyundai Santa Fe and a tractor-trailer were stopped in the southbound lanes due to traffic” on I-285, near Washington Road. A second…
Read MoreWhy Is It Important to Have the Right Lawyer for a Product Liability Case?
The reason why it’s important to have the right lawyer for a product liability case is because product liability cases are different from those personal injury cases. They are more complex. Usually, the companies that are the defendants in the case have hired very experienced lawyers and teams of lawyers, and they will put a…
Read MoreWhat Should I Ask a Personal Injury Lawyer?
The types of questions that you want to ask a personal injury lawyer that might be handling your case is, what is the experience of that lawyer in doing cases like yours? Have they actually worked up a case and taken a case like yours to trial and actually try it to verdict with…
Read MoreAt Least Nine People Are Injured After a Tour Bus Flips Over While Traveling to the Masters
A trip to a golf tournament turned into a nightmare on Thursday, April 5, 2018, when a charter bus owned by Jet Executive Limousine, Inc. flipped over while traveling to the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. As of this time, nine people have been injured in the wreck; according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, five people…
Read MoreFire at an Outback Steakhouse in Savannah Leaves Three People Injured
A van crashed into the Outback Steakhouse in Savannah on Friday, February 16th and caused a fire, according to news reports from WSAV.com. Seven people suffered injuries and were taken to the Augusta Burn Center for treatment. A spokesperson from the burn facility initially reported that the owner of the restaurant was in good condition,…
Read MoreAtlanta Truck Crash Lawyers Discuss Negligent Hiring of Truck Drivers
Georgia laws and federal regulations govern the safe operation of commercial vehicles that share the highway with passenger vehicles. Trucking companies are required to make sure that drivers are properly licensed, pass medical certifications and have the appropriate training to drive a commercial truck. When trucking companies do not uphold their responsibility to hire safe…
Read MoreThe Increasing Hazard of Drugged Driving Car Crashes in Georgia
Georgia drivers are well aware of the risks associated with drunk driving, but not all may understand that “drugged” driving is equally as dangerous. Driving under the influence of drugs is against the law in every state in the U.S. As a consequence of the opioid epidemic and the increasingly permissive state laws regarding marijuana…
Read MoreThe First Fatal Car Crash Involving a Fully Autonomous Car Happened in Arizona
Around 10:00 pm on March 19th, a self-driving Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona struck and killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she crossed the street. This is believed to be the first fatal car crash involving a fully autonomous vehicle. The National Transportation Safety Board as well as the Tempe Police Department are currently investigating the…
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s Day Deck Collapse at Rogue Water Tap House in Savannah, Ga. Sends 14 People to the Hospital
On Saturday, March 17, a deck at the Rogue Water Tap House on MLK Jr. Boulevard and West Congress Street in Savannah, Ga. collapsed, falling 12 feet onto an outside seating area below and sending 14 people to the hospital – two with serious injuries. Per WTOC, Chatham EMS were on the scene within minutes,…
Read MoreAt Least Six People Are Dead after A Pedestrian Bridge Collapsed in Miami on Thursday
A pedestrian walkway, still mid-construction, collapsed on a busy, seven-lane road in Miami on March 15, 2018. As of this writing, at least eight cars were crushed under the bridge, and at least six people have been declared dead. Ten people have sought medical treatment for injuries. At least one of them is believed to…
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