Archive for September, 2009
A 33-year-old woman claims that a former nurse at The Medical Center of Central Georgia sexually assaulted her. The former nurse, James Melvin Purvis, was arrested on March 30 and indicted this week for sexual assault.
The Macon Telegraph has the story.
The victim was a patient at the hospital after she suffered injuries in a car accident. Purvis, 56, had previously cared for the victim; however, on the day of the assault, he was not scheduled to be her ...
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A 10-year-old Clayton County girl has accused a cab driver of molesting her while driving her to school. The cab driver is now in jail on three sex crime charges.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
The cab driver, David Alvarado Perez, and another driver had been transporting the girl by herself to school for over a year. On the day of the incident, the mother believes the girl jumped out of the cab and ran to tell ...
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Gwen Dalley thought she was taking antibiotics she received from a Loganville CVS pharmacy. After being hospitalized for suffering nausea, headaches, and blurred vision, she discovered that she was really taking an antidepressant improperly dispensed to her by the pharmacy. Her story appears to be a growing trend in Georgia and around the country.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
Dalley’s attorney, Trent Speckhals, settled her case confidentially with CVS, and Dalley has also filed a complaint with ...
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In May of 2008, a man working for a trusted cleaning company knocked on the door of a home the company had serviced on many occasions. The nanny, who was watching the family’s 3-year-old, let the man into the home where he proceeded to beat and rape her. The victims would later come to find that the man had previously been convicted of six felonies. The Georgia Legislature is now considering passing a bill which would require ...
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David Brasington suffered numerous broken bones and a lacerated liver when a tractor trailer pulled in front of his van last year. A Statesboro jury recently awarded him nearly $1.4 million for the incident after he refused to settle the case for $350,000.
The wreck occurred while Brasington was driving a commercial van towards an intersection in Douglas on October 17. Brasington’s attorneys, I. Gregory Hodges and William J. Hunter of Oliver Maner, argued that a Horizon Tank Lines ...
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In 2005, Georgia passed sweeping tort reform laws including capping non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases. The Supreme Court of Georgia will now address the issue of whether such a cap is constitutional.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
Georgia capped non-economic damages, which includes pain and suffering, at $350,000 in medical malpractice cases. The imposition of caps in medical cases was largely due to the influence of healthcare and insurance companies. But that may soon ...
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A federal racketeering suit has been filed against Toyota for concealing and destroying evidence in hundreds of rollover cases in what has been called a “ruthless conspiracy.” Perhaps most shocking is that the person bringing suit is the former managing counsel for Toyota Motor Sales.
CBS News has the story.
As an attorney for Toyota, Dimitrios Biller defended rollover lawsuits from 2003 to 2007 which involved instability and weak roofs in Toyota’s SUVs and pickups. Biller claims he consistently ...
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