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When attending a funeral, one typically does not expect to get into a car accident. Though the funeral procession by which the family and loved ones of a deceased wind their way to the cemetery where their loved one will be laid to rest can hold potential for a car accident, there are several Georgia laws…

MARIETTA, GEORGIA- It was scary day at the State Court of Cobb County yesterday when the 911 Center received a bomb threat directed at the State Court. Everyone was evacuated around 9:00 a.m. and all of the surrounding streets at the courthouse were blocked off causing a major traffic jam. There were no bombs located…

According to a recent study published in the online version of Pediatrics magazine, every three hours, a child under the age of 18 will come to the emergency room to be treated for button battery ingestion. It also shows that this rate will continue to accelerate in the coming years. A button battery ingestion fatality was first…

Field trips for students are supposed to be fun and sometimes educational. One recent Saturday trip to a large Georgia amusement park by some 200 Burke County School District students was anything but fun. Students may have been thinking about how much fun they planned to have or which rides they should or shouldn’t go…

All too frequently, Georgia drivers suffer a car accident, even when they haven’t actually done anything risky in the first place. But sometimes, especially for young people who have just received their licenses, the drivers may choose to try out risky moves while driving. Unfortunately, these risky moves often put them and others in danger…

A revision of the Georgia’s Open Records Act was signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal last week to strengthen the public’s access to records and documents. The bill, known as House Bill 397, is the first major rewrite of Georgia’s sunshine laws in more than 10 years. The revisions increase fines for offenders with a…

Every parent’s worst nightmare is that their child might be a victim of a fatal accident. To many, this fatal accident scenario is simply incomprehensible. However, for one Georgia family, this is exactly what occurred when their son was fatally struck by a car while he was running to catch the school bus recently. The accident started…

Due to the recent settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health administration, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has agreed to install seat belts on airport vehicles after the death of a baggage tug vehicle driver who was ejected from the vehicle in August 2010. Employees of Delta were notified that many of the vehicles…

TaxMasters Inc., a Texas-based tax advisory firm, has been sentenced to pay $195 million in restitution and civil penalties for defrauding its clients. About $119 million will be used to pay back defrauded consumers.  Their CEO and founder, Patrick Cox, has been ordered to pay $46 million of the verdict handed down by the Texas…

It is not always clear exactly what happened in the aftermath of a Georgia motor vehicle accident. That is particularly true when one of the parties to a two-car accident is killed at the scene of the crash. Police are often left with piecing together what occurred based upon the statements of the other party,…

The Cooper Firm was recently featured in the Daily Report.  (Click on Daily Report.pdf to view the article.) A Client’s Patience Pays Off Seven years after our client, Lisa Krebs, was severely injured in a automobile collision, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed a jury decision in her favor. The case arose out of a motor vehicle collision which occurred in April…

Over a decade ago, requirements were set for backseat car designs to make child safety seats easier to install correctly, but they are still making it difficult. A study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute shows that only 21 of 98 vehicles tested met all…