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Category: Premises Liability

Georgia’s Chicken Plants Have No Excuse to Ignore Safety Concerns

Poultry is big business here in Georgia. It’s a cornerstone of our state economy, and chicken plants enjoy positions as key employers in several Georgia cities. Unfortunately, this gives big poultry companies a great deal of power to play fast and loose with the safety of Georgia residents, and to continue with business as usual no matter what problems come up. Everyone needs these plants to keep running. Livelihoods depend on them. People are understandably willing to compromise a great d...

Families of City Employees in Georgia Are Calling for Answers and Safety Reforms

No city can function healthily or safely without consistent maintenance of its infrastructure. It should go without saying that the people performing this work deserve to have their own health and safety respected. No matter how inherently dangerous a task may be, every city has a responsibility to provide its workers with whatever support will minimize that danger to the greatest extent possible. When accidents do happen, victims and families have a right to expect honesty and accountabil...

MARTA Drivers and Passengers Need Better Protection from Violence

Using public transportation should not mean taking your life in your hands. Accepting a career providing this vital public service should not mean accepting a life, and possible death, as the target of threats and violence. Unfortunately, that’s exactly the horrifying reality that many passengers and drivers have faced during their travels around Metropolitan Atlanta. A Newly Hired MARTA Driver Is Dead After a Dispute Over $2.50 in Bus Fare On January 3rd, 47-year-old Leroy Ramos was s...

The Crash on the Set of The Pickup Isn’t a Closed Case Just Yet

Last month, OSHA concluded its investigation into the car wreck that injured eight crew members on the set of the upcoming Eddie Murphy action movie, The Pickup. According to OSHA’s findings, Armored Film, LLC and Amazon MGM Studios did not commit any workplace safety violations. The crash took place in April, during a second unit stunt shoot here in Atlanta. Second unit filming focuses on shots that don’t involve credited actors or require the presence of the film’s main director. In this...

Victims of the Carmichael Development Explosion Are Still Awaiting Answers

The explosion at Carmichael Development in Canton is still under investigation. Or rather, it was still under investigation, as of the last public update. A month has passed since the initial press coverage and the statement from the Cherokee County Fire Department. No new details have been added so far. What we do know is this: On October 21st, 2024, an explosion set fire to the Carmichael Development building on Univeter Road in Canton, Georgia. Firefighters arrived to find two peo...

The Sapelo Island Dock that Killed Seven People Was Not Old or Overloaded

Approximately forty people were standing on the gangway of the Sapelo Island ferry dock on Saturday, when the structure suddenly and catastrophically failed, dropping half of those people into the water. It’s true that this was not an average day for Sapelo Island’s infrastructure. The crowd of people on the dock were friends, family members, and tourists arriving for the annual Cultural Day, celebrating the history and heritage of the island’s small Gullah-Geechee town, Hogg Hummock. T...

Survivors of the Delta Tire Explosion at Hartsfield-Jackson Have the Right to Sue

Two people are dead and a third under hospital care, following an accident at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on the morning of August 27th, 2024. The victims, Mirko Marweg, Luis Aldarondo, and a currently unidentified Delta employee, were working in a technical operations maintenance facility at the airport, removing a tire from the detached wheel section of a Delta Airlines plane. The tire exploded, killing Marweg and Aldarondo, and severely injuring the other employee. Delta...

Can You Sue a Security Guard?

Whether you are spending your Saturday night at a popular nightclub or bar, taking in a sports event at The Sports Arena, or attending a comedy show or concert, security guards are supposed to be there to protect you. Unfortunately, some security guards take their duties far too seriously and may get too rough with the public. If you suffered severe injuries after a confrontation with a security guard, you may have the right to take legal action. With help from a powerful premises liabilit...

Where OSHA Falls Short of Protecting Workers, the Civil Justice System Can Help

The federal agency known as OSHA came into being in 1970, with the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Its stated mission is to ensure every American worker a workplace free of known health and safety hazards. Unfortunately, that noble goal has never come close to being a reality. According to one analysis published in The American Journal of Public Health, the rate of serious, nonfatal, on-the-job accidents declined only slightly between the founding of OSHA and the year 20...

Swimming Facilities Are Responsible for Keeping Customers Safe

Taking a swim is a great way to stay cool and keep in shape in the summer, but it’s easy to become wary of this pastime amid the many reports of fatal drowning. Here in Atlanta, the last few years have been especially rough on that front. In 2014, a 4-year-old girl drowned during a pool party at the Ansley Golf Club. A lifeguard was on duty, but apparently didn’t notice when the girl fell in. Just two years later, a 10-year-old boy drowned in the pool of the Westin Peachtree Plaza, at a...