Wrongful Death

Georgia dog mauls 4-year-old in horrifying fatal accident

September 18, 2012

Any fatal accident is tragic, but few deaths are more terrible than dying from a dog attack. There have been occasions where a missing person was reported, only to find that the missing person has been violently killed by a dog. Unfortunately for one Georgia family, a 4-year-old boy was killed in a fatal accident involving a…

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Defendant Represents Himself in 1995 Murder of Delta Flight Attendant

September 18, 2012

All eyes are on a Cobb County courtroom this morning as Superior Court Judge Mary Staley continues hearing arguments in the murder trial against defendant Waseem Daker. Daker, 35, of Lawrenceville, is representing himself against charges of killing Delta flight attendant Karmen Smith and stabbing her 5-year-old son in 1995. He has pleaded not guilty…

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10 Killed In Holiday Weekend Crashes

September 4, 2012

The Georgia State Patrol reported early Tuesday morning that 10 people died in auto accidents on Georgia roads over Labor Day weekend. The fatalities occurred in eight different accidents. The double fatalities occurred in Cartersville and Madison, and the single fatalities occurred in Toccoa, Douglas, Valdosta, and Gwinnett, and Henry counties. One of the fatalities occurred in Cobb County when…

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Two fatalities in wrong way accident on I-85

August 31, 2012

Two were killed in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on I-85 in south Fulton County due to a wrong way driver. The accident occurred around 3:15 p.m. The driver, who was driving a small pick-up truck, was heading southbound in the northbound lanes when it collided with a large pick-up truck carrying a trailer. Both vehicles erupted into…

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Two Fatalities in Wrong-way Accident on I-85

August 31, 2012

Wrongful Death on 1-85 Two were killed in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on I-85 in south Fulton County due to a wrong way driver. The accident occurred around 3:15 p.m. The driver, who was driving a small pick-up truck, was heading southbound in the northbound lanes when it collided with a large pick-up truck…

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Cobb County Fatal Accident Kills Man Injures 12-year-old boy

August 29, 2012

Too often, car drivers can cause a fatal accident by not looking for motorcyclists. While many times, this is not a problem, as motorcyclists are not a majority of the motorists on the road, this can occasionally come to tragic results. Such was the case in Cobb County in a tragic fatal accident involving a motorcycle and…

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One Fatality One Injury In GA 400 Wreck

August 24, 2012

An accident on GA 400 caused by a wrong way driver has left one dead and one injured. The accident occurred around 3:30 a.m. Friday morning between Holcomb Bridge and Northridge roads. The wrong way driver, Emily Royball, 22, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes when she hit a sport utility vehicle head-on. She suffered fatal injuries…

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Mom loses son and arm in tragic Georgia truck accident

August 22, 2012

Anybody who has suffered through a truck accident knows the pain that can be involved in such an accident. Even when there is no actual collision involved, trucks seem to have an ominous presence on our roadways simply due to their size and lack or maneuverability. Unfortunately for one woman, a freak truck accident in Georgia caused…

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Usher’s stepson dies in fatal accident in Georgia

August 8, 2012

As many Georgia residents already know, the 11-year-old son of famous singer Usher’s ex-wife died after a fatal accident at Lake Lanier. On July 27, he was laid to rest. While his is not the first fatal accident at the lake, the family of the boy is understandably devastated by the incident. The accident happened when the…

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Two more lives claimed by Georgia lakes

August 7, 2012

Two more lives were claimed Monday in swimming accidents on Lake Lanier and Tallulah Falls Lake in Georgia. One of the victims, Spencer Obe Dye, 25, got in trouble while swimming with a friend in the Bolling Mill area of Lake Lanier. His friend pulled him from the water and began CPR but was not successful. Dye…

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