There was a car crash or an incident when your spouse visited an unsafe building. What should have been just another normal day for your family became one of the worst days you have ever experienced. Losing a loved one unexpectedly will shake up every area of your...
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What to do if a family member is killed in a truck accident
Dealing with the loss of a spouse or close family member is difficult. It becomes even harder to process if your loved one died suddenly, in tragic circumstances. Unfortunately, truck accidents take the lives of more than 4,000 people each year, 67% of those drivers...
Crash fatalities tied to large trucks are steady but likely climbing
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued the final statistics for 2019. The sad news here is that the number of fatal crashes involving trucks remained essentially unchanged -- the total number of deadly crashes involving at least one...
In Georgia, Is There a Difference Between Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Recovery?
In September of 1992, a woman driving a Toyota van crashed and suffered a traumatic brain injury. This crash left her in a coma for over 20 years. Now, she has finally passed, and her family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota. But will a personal injury...
Wrongful Death Suit Thrown Out in Gym Mat Death
On January 11, 2013, 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was discovered dead inside an upright mat at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Students who had climbed up to the top of a cluster of the mats found him, and it was determined by the Georgia Bureau of...
Workplace Fatality: Publix Employee Dies after Falling into Deep Fryer
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a family is reeling after the death of its patriarch in a freak work incident. The 37-year-old man was cleaning a deep fryer at a Publix store in Dacula, Georgia when the thin metal cover on top of it caved in, dropping...
Death in the Workplace at Georgia Power Plant
The death of a 20-year-old worker at Georgia Power's Plant Scherer has led to an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Details are still hazy as to what happened to cause his death, but Monroe County Coroner Joey Proctor stated...
Airborne Car Leads to Multiple Fatalities Near Atlanta
A dramatic crash near Atlanta left two dead after a man's car launched through the air into oncoming traffic. While the details of the accident are not wholly known, investigators reported that the Florida man veered from the southbound lane of I-75 into the...
Has a Wrongful Death Ruling Finally Ended this Celebrity Tragedy?
In August of 2015, family members said goodbye to Bobbi Kristina Brown-daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston. Months earlier, she had been found unconscious and face down in a bathtub full of water. After being rushed to the hospital, doctors tried...
