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Mother Honors Her Daughter’s Memory with Georgia State Law School Scholarship

Last month I had the distinct and unusual honor of being a guest of my client, Carelle Karimimanesh, at the Georgia State University Law School Scholarship Donor Luncheon, to recognize Carelle for creating a law school scholarship in memory of her daughter, Naiyareh “Nai” Karimimanesh, with proceeds she received as…

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The Key to the Courthouse Door: The Critical Role of Contingency Fees in Our Civil Justice System

Often, when there has been a string of trial victories for the plaintiff, the defense bar overreacts and calls for a wholesale change in our Civil Justice System. This often includes a feigned outrage over plaintiff’s attorneys’ contingency fees, as if how a plaintiff’s attorney is paid for their success…

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Another (Predictable and Preventable) Bunk Bed Injury

I read with horror and sadness about another child who was severely injured from falling off a elevated bunk bed that had no bedrail or guardrail. This time it happened to a young child, Easton Oliverson, who was playing in the Little League World Series.  Horror and sadness because this…

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What Is Premises Liability in a Personal Injury Case?

Premises liability holds individuals or businesses responsible for injuries that occur on their property, even if they did not personally cause the injury. It is based on the premise that businesses have a duty to maintain their property in a safe condition, and that this duty extends to protecting their…

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Calling 911? Not So Fast!

Should a caller EVER be placed on hold when calling 911? Common sense tells us of course not, right?  By the very nature of the call, that you are calling 911, you have an emergency that needs to be addressed, well, emergently.  Unfortunately, many 911 calls in Metro Atlanta are…

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Snapchat Case Lives to Fight Another Day

You may recall that I wrote a blog about a case that occurred in here in Georgia in which a husband and wife sued Snapchat (now known as Snap, Inc.) for negligent design of their “app” because the app promoted using it while a driver was driving at a high…

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Women: Consider Switching to Women Doctors

My eye caught an interesting recent study that are 32% more likely to die when operated on by a male surgeon. This really shocked me. If this is true, what could possibly explain this? This study was conducted in the United Kingdom, but recently published in the Journal of American…

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Do Not Get Out of Your Car on a Highway!

I noticed this morning with sadness that a young woman was killed on I-285 last night when she got out of her car. Police said the accident happened around 10 p.m. on I-285 NB between South Cobb Drive and Atlanta Road.  There is no mention of why she left her…

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Hands Free Driving: Are You Willing to Take the Risk?

Have you seen the new commercial made by GMC for its new Sierra and Yukon Danali pick-up trucks that features hands free driving? It shows a person sitting in the driver’s seat of the truck (I hesitate to call this person a “driver” because he is really not driving at…

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