Builders and other contractors have a responsibility to provide safe work. In legal terms, this is known as a duty of care. Recently, a jury in Georgia decided a company failed in its duty to protect a homebuilder. It awarded $17.9 million in a window fall death lawsuit. Classic Millwork Designs Inc, was ordered to […]
We associate homicides with the criminal law. However, a wrongful death suit may also be brought over an intentional killing in some cases. In May, an Atlanta attorney was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife. He is also facing a wrongful death suit. A report on U.S. News noted Claud “Tex” McIver […]
In the state of Georgia, a “wrongful death” is the death of someone caused by the negligent, reckless, intentional, or criminal of another party. A number of different types of damages may be claimed in a Georgia wrongful death lawsuit. The liable party may not be an individual but can be a business such as […]
Wrongful death lawsuits are always difficult and harrowing for families who lost a loved one. Often these cases are brought over car crashes or industrial accidents. However, in Georgia, the mother of Dylan Walsh, a three-year-old boy whose body was found in a lake two years ago, has filed a wrongful death suit against her […]