In February 2019, a man pulled over to the side of I-285 to refuel his car. He was rear-ended by another vehicle and thrown into the roadway, where he was hit by a different car and pronounced dead at the scene. For the average Georgia driver, this is an uncommon accident. For law enforcement, however, [...]
An Uber vehicle was hit by a semi-truck on Thursday night, around 9:30 p.m., in northwest Atlanta. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police say the Uber driver, 29-year-old Aaron Ragins, ran a red light, and the truck hit the passenger side of the car. The passenger died as a result of the crash, and the [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a federal mandate to keep the public safe from dangerous and defective products, including faulty medical devices. The FDA carries out this important work by “helping to speed innovations that make medical products more effective, safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-based [...]
On Sunday, March 10, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane crashed minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people onboard. The jet was leaving Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, headed for Nairobi, when “the jetliner’s pilot reported an unspecified problem with the plane and asked to return to the Ethiopian capital’s Bole International Airport. Six minutes after [...]
The manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been the subject of numerous product liability lawsuits in recent years. The latest lawsuits have alleged that the company’s world-famous Baby Powder and feminine hygiene product, Shower to Shower, have contained asbestos, which caused consumers to develop cancer. Despite numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts against the company, J&J continues [...]
The 3M Company was the subject of a groundbreaking product liability lawsuit in May 2016 involving competing earplug manufacturer Moldex-Metric Inc. In the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, the Defendant (3M) was accused by the Plaintiff of selling defective earplugs to the U.S. government from 2013 [...]
A traumatic brain injury often leads to long-term, even permanent damage to a person’s brain. A mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one where the effects of the injury may not last very long, or may heal over time. As it turns out, however, a mild traumatic brain injury may have longer lasting repercussions than [...]
Despite increasing advancements in medical technology, patients are still victims of medical malpractice in Georgia. Although most doctors and nurses strive to provide the best care possible for their patients, life-changing and even deadly mistakes happen which lead to medical malpractice claims. A recent analysis was conducted by Coverys, a leading provider of medical professional [...]
Your medical bills, lost wages, car rental expenses and the cost of retrofitting your home: these are the types of expenses most people think of first, after they have been critically injured. However, personal health care costs for treatment received in the hospital can be immense. These costs alone can push victims into financial difficulties, [...]
Six Firm Attorneys Named 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Award-winning trial attorneys Jeff Harris and Steve Lowry — partners at Harris Lowry Manton LLP, a full-service trial law firm with offices in Savannah and Atlanta — have been named to Georgia Super Lawyers’ prestigious Top 100 list of attorneys. “To know that other lawyers, [...]
