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The Atlanta Legal Examiner provides coverage of personal injury, mass torts, and safety issues making headlines in Atlanta and across the country. Our Latest News section brings together breaking stories and legal insights that matter to individuals, families, and communities.

Over 3 Million Injuries A Year Result From Auto Accidents

The Department of Transportation’s statistics show that there are about 6.5 million auto accidents a year and of those, over 3 million suffer minor to very serous injuries. Of these 3 million injuries 2 million are said to cause permanent injuries and over 40,000 of them end in death each year. Of t

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 29 Aug 2006

Over 3 Million Injuries A Year Result From Auto Accidents

Man Targeting Pedestrians In SUV Injuries 14

In San Francisco, a crazed man used his sport utility vehicle to run down innocent pedestrians killing one man and injuring at least 13 others. The man started his spree in Fremont California where he stuck and killed one man before moving on to San Francisco where he ran down the others including s

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 29 Aug 2006

Man Targeting Pedestrians In SUV Injuries 14

Class Action Granted In Orkin Case

Georgia Superior Court Judge J. Stephen Schuster granted class action status against Orkin’s parent corporation Rollins, Inc., after they allegedly failed to honor their contracts promising to protect homes from termite damage through re-inspections and re-treatments. Ernest Warren and his wife Dolo

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 29 Aug 2006

Second Plane Crash In Kentucky Kills 7 Relatives

Just one day after the Comair Flight 5191 tragedy, a second plane has crashed into the wooded mountains in western Kentucky. The passengers on the twin engine Cessna plane were all from the same family and all were killed in the unfortunate incident. The pilot of the plane, Jason Christie, failed to

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 29 Aug 2006

Second Plane Crash In Kentucky Kills 7 Relatives

Ambien and Driving-Not A Good Mix

Ambien, the United States most popular insomnia medication, has been linked to numerous accidents on the roadway in recent months. The sleeping medication, manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, has been said to cause “rare adverse events of sleep walking” and can be deadly when taken by an unwary driver.

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 28 Aug 2006

Questions Concerning Comair Flight 5191 Still Under Investigation

In a follow up to my previous blog on the tragic Comair Flight 5191 accident, investigators are still uncertain as to why the twin-engine commuter jet took off the wrong runway as it departed Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport. According to the cockpit recorder, the only discussions of runways referred

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 28 Aug 2006

Questions Concerning Comair Flight 5191 Still Under Investigation

Airplane Crash Kills 49 After Taking Off Wrong Runway

A commuter jet, Comair Flight 5191, that took off the wrong runway at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport crashed shortly after take off and killed all but one of the fifty people on board. The flight headed to Atlanta apparently started on a 1,066 meter-long strip, which is only half the length of the a

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 28 Aug 2006

Airplane Crash Kills 49 After Taking Off Wrong Runway

Did Bextra Cause Your Stevens Johnson Syndrome?

Bextra, released by Pfizer in 2001, is a cox-2 painkiller that was promoted as a miracle drug for many arthritis sufferers. However the promises provided by Pfizer did not deliver as expected for hundreds of thousands of unwary consumers. After being linked to heart attacks, strokes and the potentia

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 26 Aug 2006

Did Bextra Cause Your Stevens Johnson Syndrome?

High Speed Auto Accident Ends In Two Deaths

Last night about 3 a.m. westbound on I-285 a vehicle traveling in excess of 100 mph rear ended a tractor trailer in Clayton County leaving the driver and passenger of the vehicle dead at the scene. According to witnesses, the driver of the Volkswagen Jetta made no effort to stop prior to striking th

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 26 Aug 2006

High Speed Auto Accident Ends In Two Deaths

Stimulants Get Stronger Warnings By FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered stimulants like Ritalin to now use a stronger warning to advise doctors, pharmacists and patients of the associaed risks of heart problems in children and adults alike. It is also supposed to alert doctors that one child in a thousand experience hallucina

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 26 Aug 2006

Unlike A Good Neighbor State Farm Is Not There

State Farm, the nation’s largest insurance carrier now finds itself at the fore front of a major scandal involving fraud, deceit, and out right criminal activities. In a recent story shown on ABC’s 20/20 two former State Farm employees detail their experiences with the insurance giant in refusing to

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 26 Aug 2006

Unlike A Good Neighbor State Farm Is Not There

D.C. Court Of Appeals: Tax On Intangible Injuries Unconstitutional

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held the federal government can not longer tax plaintiff’s settlement proceeds relating to emotional distress and other intangible injuries. In doing so, the Court stuck down a current portion of the tax code allowing such t

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 25 Aug 2006

D.C. Court Of Appeals: Tax On Intangible Injuries Unconstitutional