A jury in Savannah, Georgia has awarded $4.8 million to a couple and their three children against a businessman who shot at the family's vehicle on Interstate 95 as they were heading home from a vacation. Because the jury found that the defendant acted with intent to...
Month: August 2015
What Caused the School Explosion in Minneapolis, MN?
On August 2, 2017, an explosion rocked the Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis. Shocking photos of the scene show a massive chunk of the school completely collapsed, with sporadic support beams rising like towers from the rubble. The explosion killed two staff membersand...
Marietta Police Disguise Themselves As Construction Workers to Catch Distracted Drivers
Last month police in Marietta, Georgia dressed up as construction workers at a congested intersection to catch distracted drivers in the act. Most motorists paid no attention to the road crew working at the Cobb County intersection as the disguised cops busted...
Fatal Accident in Georgia Shows How Careless Driving Can Have Tragic Results
Sadly, every year in Georgia, pedestrians are killed or seriously injured by the negligence and careless driving by motorists. For example, in Tifton, about 100 miles south of Macon, a man crossing the street was violently struck by a motorist and died the next day....
Six Flags Over Georgia Fights $35M Verdict for Negligent Security
In 2013, a Cobb County jury awarded Joshua Martin $35 million in the state's largest verdict of that year. Martin was attacked in 2007 by a gang while he waited for a bus outside the entrance of Six Flags Over Georgia and alleged negligent security. Now, lawyers have...
7 Georgia Traffic Laws Many Drivers Don’t Know Exist
According to police, drivers in Georgia are unaware of some of the state's traffic laws. So, if you get pulled over, and you don't know why, you could have broken one of the following laws that police say many drivers seem not to know exist: 1. You can be pulled over...