An 80-year-old Florida woman, Anne Felton, died on September 7 after succumbing to a carbon dioxide leak at a Pooler, Georgia McDonald’s. Authorities believe carbon dioxide used to make soft drinks leaked into the women’s bathroom causing Felton’s death. Emergency personnel were called to the McDonald’s shortly after Ms. Felton and Carol Berry, a 56-year-old […]
Yes, it is possible to get off Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry. Our firm has helped dozens of people get their name removed from this list so they can get back to their lives without the unnecessary burdens placed on them by restrictive and inflexible sex offender laws. It’s not automatic or easy, and it certainly […]
On February 8, 2011, a Chatham County jury found in favor of a church deacon who claimed he was defamed by the visiting pastor of his church. After one and a half hours of deliberation, the jury awarded the plaintiff $125,000 for damage to his reputation and emotional distress. Edward Heyward was accused of theft […]
In October 2011, a Newton County jury found the Covington Housing Authority 90% at fault for the 2006 shooting death of twenty-year-old Tammara “Erica” Reed after it leased a housing unit to Reed’s murderer despite his criminal record. The jury awarded Newton’s minor children $1.5 million, half for the full value of her life and […]
This morning, FBI agents arrested a Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy along with three Fulton County detention officers at the Fulton County County Jail. They were immediately taken to the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters and will appear before a federal magistrate judge later this afternoon. The four have been indicted in federal court on 11 counts ranging […]