If you are looking for a personal injury attorney on the south side of Atlanta near Hapeville, East Point, or College Park, we have an office conveniently located near the airport. Our attorneys offer consultations in our Hapeville office. Before you schedule an appointment to speak with an attorney, you may have many questions about…
Continue reading ›The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall on Bard Davol surgical meshes that were distributed under the C.R. Bard Davol brand name but later discovered to be counterfeit mesh. The Bard/Davol mesh is typically used for hernia surgery repair by covering the weakened or torn tissue in the body and closed into the…
Continue reading ›Patients in Georgia who have received DePuy ASR hip implants may have claims for defective product liability if their implants failed. In 2010, after years of receiving complaints from patients and doctors that their hip implants were causing complications, DePuy Orthopedics Inc. recalled two of its DePuy ASR (Articular Surface Replacement) Hip Implants. Studies showed…
Continue reading ›Many women in Atlanta, Georgia, and all around the country have experienced complications from transvaginal mesh patches that have been used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and have initiated the help of Georgia lawyers to recover compensation for medical bills and pain and suffering associated with their problems. In…
Continue reading ›Yes, victims of crimes such as assaults, shootings, robberies, and rapes in Georgia may be able to sue property owners and operators where those crimes occur under the Georgia law of premises liability. Victims may also sue the assailants, but, when looking at a civil suit, suing a corporate owner or operator of a premises…
Continue reading ›Dog Bite Liability in Georgia Victims of dog attacks in Atlanta, Georgia may often recover from the dog owners for their injuries. Like all premises liability cases, under Georgia law, recovering for injuries sustained by a dog bite requires a showing that the dog owner either knew or should have known about the animal’s dangerous…
Continue reading ›Georgia Property Owners, Including Apartment Complexes, Have Duty to Protect Tenants From Crimes In Georgia, property owners owe their tenants a duty of care to keep the tenants reasonably safe while on their premises. A lot of people probably do not know that if they are a victim of a crime that occurs on an…
Continue reading ›On May 3, 2017, a jury in New Orleans found in favor of the manufacturers of the blood thinner Xarelto in a lawsuit that Joseph Boudreaux filed against Bayer AG, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Johnson & Johnson after Mr. Boudreaux’s was hospitalized for gastrointestinal bleeding that required multiple blood transfusions. The Boudreaux case was based on…
Continue reading ›Negligent Security Claims In Georgia Georgia Property Owners Owe a Duty to Keep Patrons Safe In Georgia, property owners owe a duty to visitors to keep their property safe from dangerous conditions, including crime. You may think that property owners cannot be held responsible for the actions of third-party criminals, but that is not what…
Continue reading ›Georgia premises liability law requires property owners to keep their premises safe from known dangerous conditions, which can include third-party criminal acts. A property owner who knows that there is criminal activity on its premises owes a duty to take action to keep visitors, tenants, and other people who are allowed to be on the…
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