Archive for January, 2010
Our firm was recently retained to represent a Georgia homeowner who had been threatened with foreclosure by Wells Fargo, even though she had faithfully followed the bank’s repayment plan.
The Marietta Daily Journal featured the story in an article called “American Nightmare.”
Although the client was to be kicked out of her house right before Christmas, Attorney Jennifer Jordan of our firm took immediate action and helped our client keep her home. Based on the actions of Wells Fargo, ...
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Our firm recently filed suit against Turning Point Homes, a for-profit children’s group home in DeKalb County, for hiring and retaining an employee who molested at least three foster children over a two year period. Our complaint alleges that Turning Point Homes knew of the abuse and sexual exploitation, but failed to take any action which would have prevented future abuses.
This case presents allegations of abuse that are similar to issues raised in a recent Atlanta Journal Constitution ...
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Graco Children’s Products has announced a recall of around 1.5 million strollers after five children had their fingertips cut off. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has stated that the main concern centers on the canopy hinge.
In addition to the five amputations, two other children received lacerations on their fingertips. The amputations and cuts occurred when the children placed their fingers in the canopy hinge while the canopy was being closed or opened.
Recalled strollers include various model numbers of ...
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AT&T has recently come under fire for allegedly failing to pay certain employees for overtime as is required by federal law.
In a Georgia lawsuit filed last month, AT&T employees claimed that the company broke the law by classifying first-level managers as exempt from overtime pay. Such lawsuits have increased in Georgia and around the country due to a change in federal regulations as well as a struggling economy.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
Overtime pay is codified in ...
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Cobb County police say a rotten tire caused fatal blow out on I-20
Investigators with the Cobb County Police Department have determined that a rotten tire caused a car accident on I-20 which killed two people.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
The wreck occurred just a couple days before Christmas. Police say a tire on a Ford SUV blew out causing the vehicle to roll over. As a result, two of the six passengers inside were killed. ...
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A Jonesboro jury has held Ford liable for $16.4 million due to a Ford Explorer design defect that resulted in a woman’s paralysis. Lawyers for the injured woman were able to successfully convince the jury that her 2002 Ford Explorer’s occupant protection system was defective.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
On Christmas morning in 2005, Lynn Wheeler and her husband were on their way to church when their 2002 Ford Explorer was struck head-on by another vehicle. ...
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