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Pembroke, GA—Trial is set to begin in Bryan County Superior Court next week for a former Georgia Southern nursing student injured in an April 2015 collision that killed five of her classmates. Richards v. Total Transportation of Mississippi LLC, et al. SUV2015000174.
It’s often difficult to prove liability against a company for the actions of an individual it did not directly employ. That’s the situation Slappey & Sadd’s Jay Sadd faced at trial against a medical transport company for a paratransit accident he argued left a passenger a double amputee. Sadd’s closing argument, however, established the connection the jury needed to find the company responsible for a share of the accident.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Smith v. Logisticare
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Topics: Georgia, Transportation, rush v. mealer
Topics: Georgia, automotive, product liability
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Decatur, GA—Attorneys debated whether decades of job-related orthopedic stress or a rear-end collision caused a Snellville exterminator’s shoulder injury, as trial began Tuesday against the woman who crashed into him. Rush v. Mealor, 14A52556.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, rush v. mealor
