Category: Personal Injury

What Is the Average Payout for a Head Injury?

Head Injuries Are Serious and Life Altering The Financial Impact Can Be Overwhelming Painful recoveries. Costly medical treatments. Missed work. These are just a few issues facing individuals who have sustained traumatic brain injuries. Regardless of the cause of the incident (which can range from vehicular crashes to workplace accidents to serious falls), the result is a way of life that is often unrecognizable. If you find yourself or a loved one in this position - the future can seem d...

MARTA’s Escalator Accidents Continue Under Schindler Maintenance

For decades, MARTA has relied upon Schindler Elevator Corporation for its escalator and elevator maintenance. As we’ve detailed elsewhere on this site, there have been a disturbing number of escalator accidents in MARTA stations during that time, including an incident where three escalators failed in a single day. To be fair to MARTA, Schindler is one of five extremely powerful international companies in the elevator/escalator industry. The European Commission, a trade regulatory organizat...

Fatal Crane Accident at the Port of Savannah Might Be Grounds for a Civil Suit

A union longshoreman, 50-year-old Stephen Cobb, was killed in a crane accident at the Port of Savannah on March 26th. He was pronounced dead at the scene at the Garden City terminal in the early morning. Little information has been released about the nature of the accident itself. It involved a rubber-tired gantry crane that was used for moving shipping containers, but it’s not clear whether Cobb was operating the crane or working nearby, whether there was an equipment malfunction, or what sa...