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• Two School Buses Collide Leaving Many Injured

  M. Brandon Smith | November 14, 2006 1:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This morning two Fulton County school buses collided after a third car pulled in front in of the first bus causing it to "stop short". The second bus as a result rear-ended the first leaving seven students on board with injuries. The injured students were taken to Wellstar Cobb Hospital and treated for neck and back pains. It is not clear if the driver of the second bus was cited for the...

• Inappropriate Touching To Unconscious Patient At Hospital Could Lead To Lawsuit

  M. Brandon Smith | November 11, 2006 1:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Imagine going to the hospital for a scheduled procedure. Imagine once there you are given a medication to help you though that procedure. Now imagine waking up and discovering some of your clothes have been removed or changed on an intimate part of your body which had nothing to do with the procedure itself. That is exactly what a Piedmont Fayette Hospital patient recently experienced after...

• $2.8 Million Awarded After DUI Driver Leaving Strip Club Kills Teenager

  M. Brandon Smith | November 11, 2006 12:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Mobile, Alabama strip bar known as Sammy's Club was recent found liable for serving an already visibly drunk patron who subsequently drove home and killed a 16 year-old teenager. The jury awarded $2.8 million to family of the teenager-most of which is expected to be paid by the bar. The driver received a 20 year prison sentence following his manslaughter conviction prior to this verdict. This...

• Eye Infections Not Reported By Bausch & Lomb

  M. Brandon Smith | November 08, 2006 11:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  According to a federal letter, Bausch & Lomb, Inc. failed to formally report 35 new cases of fungal eye infections after its contact lens solutions were linked to the problem. The report details that Singapore health officials notified the Rochester, New York Company as well as the FDA about the problems associated with the company's products. Bausch & Lomb then failed to release this...

• Toddler Killed In Tragic Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | November 05, 2006 9:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In Georgetown County South Carolina, a 21-month-old toddler was tragically killed after the girl was accidentally ran over by her grandmother. The grandmother, who did not see her granddaughter near her truck, was repositioning her pickup to get it closer to her home. Anna Snowden, deceased, was immediately transported to the hospital but subsequently died there due to traumatic head injuries....

• Road Worker Killed In Tragic Accident On Georgia 400

  M. Brandon Smith | November 01, 2006 12:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  While doing road repair work on Atlanta's busy Georgia 400, a 19-year-old Buchanan man was tragically killed Monday after his vehicle slammed into a concrete placer machine. According to Officer Justin Wilson of the Alpharetta police department, Kevin Clayton, deceased, was driving his vehicle down a closed lane of traffic on which his crew was making repairs to the roadway. The accident, which...