Following $29M Verdict, Family of Worker Burned Alive Settles Case with Newell Recycling
Sep 10, 2015
The family of a worker burned to death in a fire at Newell Recycling's East Point, GA, facility reached a confidential final settlement with the company hours after a Fulton County State Court jury issued a $29+ million verdict in their favor.
Sep 9, 2015
An accident reconstruction witness disproves defendant's version of a collision between the defendant's truck and plaintiff's motorcycle, leading to a $1 million verdict in a personal injury case.
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Sep 4, 2015
A Fulton County State Court jury issued a verdict in favor of an Atlantic Station high-rise condo association and its management company in a case involving a plastic surgeon who fell and was injured in the complex's theater room.
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Sep 1, 2015
Plaintiff plastic surgeon claims a condo association and management company are responsible for a fall that fractured his hip.
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(BREAKING) Jury Awards $29+ Million against Newell Recycling for Worker Burned to Death
Aug 27, 2015
A wrongful death trial continues in Fulton County State Court in the case of a 19-year old industrial worker who was burned alive as the result of an accident at the Newell Recycling of Atlanta facility in East Point.
Aug 25, 2015
Erik Hilario, age 19, was working at Newell Recycling's East Point facility when he died in a fire. His parents brought the suit against various related corporate entries. He was working on a machine that punched holes in gas tanks to drain them b...
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Aug 25, 2015
James Lanier was a 24-year-old electrical worker who was killed when hit by equipment at an Ameristeel mill in Cartersville. His family filed the wrongful death action against Gerdau Ameristeel.
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Aug 19, 2015
Pedestrian James Booth was awarded $7,500 in damages by a Coweta County Superior Court jury after being hit by a truck driven by Joel Edge in an accident that neither party could remember at trial.
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Woman Wins $3.5M Verdict After Ambulance Rear Ends Her Car
Aug 14, 2015
A DeKalb County State Court jury awarded $3.5M in damages to Stephanie Nelson whose stopped vehicle was rear ended by a Rural/Metro ambulance driving with flashing lights.
Aug 13, 2015
The defense attorney in a med mal case praises a badly injured plaintiff for doing an "amazing job" in moving ahead with his life after falling from a deer stand shortly after undergoing surgery performed by the defendant.
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Aug 12, 2015
Plaintiff was rear ended by defendant's ambulance when she slowed for the flashing light and the driver looked away to turn his siren on. Defendants admit negligence but contest the damages. Plaintiff has had a cervical fusion operation.
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Aug 12, 2015
A Fulton County State Court jury issued a verdict of approximately $280,000 for Plaintiff Sherma Dailey, a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle driven by Defendant Denise Brock but also found Dailey 49% responsible for the accident.
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