On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 27, 2017 | TruckAccident
In mid-September, a tractor-trailer overturned in Coweta County. It was hauling rebar while turning left at the intersection of Highway 16 and the Highway 34 Bypass. As it turned, the load shifted, causing the truck to roll onto its side. Fortunately, there were no...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
A 20-year-old man from Rex, Georgia died in a construction accident in mid-September. The accident happened at a work site at 1110 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta. The worker’s employer, Batson-Cook Construction, stated that there was an equipment accident on...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
A statute of limitations is a law that limits the amount of time a person has when bringing a case to court. There are different statutes of limitations for different types of cases. Under Georgia Code section 9-3-71, medical negligencelawsuits must be filed within...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Truck drivers must follow certain rules and regulations mandated by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). One of these rules governs how long drivers are allowed to spend behind the wheel. Hours-of-service rules exist not just for the safety of other...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Losing a limb is one of the most devastating injuries one can suffer. It can lead to pain, expensive medical bills as well as disability and a diminished capacity for earning that can make life difficult. Medical science has made leaps and bounds in terms of...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 18, 2017 | DistractedDriving
The Georgia Department of Transportation recently released its data on Georgia car crashes for the year. The data shows 996 deaths related to car accidents. Police say that many of these deaths are directly related to distracted driving. Texting and driving caused...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 8, 2017 | Medical Malpractice
The McArthur Law Firm is celebrating a huge victory on behalf of our plaintiff after six years of fighting. Attorneys Tracey Dellacona, Jessica Edmunds and Kathy McArthur tried this case, which involved medical malpractice. Our client was a 44-year-old African...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Delayed diagnosis of cancer is a form of medical malpractice that can have dire implications. Many whose cancer is not diagnosed in time are given grim prognoses. In some cases, patients may only have months to live. And had the cancer been caught in time, those...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
In February 2017, a man was killed and woman severely injured at Xytex Cryo International, a sperm bank in Augusta. In August, industrial giant Airgas was fined more than $300,000 for their role in the accident. Airgas was the provider of nitrogen gas used by Xytex to...
On behalf of McArthur Law Firm | Sep 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
An inferior vana cava filter, or IVC Filter, is a surgical implant designed to prevent life-threatening pulmonary emboli (PE). PE is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that traveled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream. IVC Filters have...
