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Hammers Law Firm is pleased to welcome Attorney Taylor Barnett to our team of dedicated trial lawyers. Taylor graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Ohio State University and Cum Laude from the Wake Forest University School of Law. With experience practicing at one of metro Atlanta’s premier insurance defense firms, Taylor worked primarily for the nation’s largest insurance companies on...

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) partners with private contractors to build and maintain the state’s highways and bridges. GDOT doesn’t want you captive for hours by a mile-long chain of stopped cars because there are insufficient lanes for traffic flow. You have probably noticed the blue-striped, white trucks with the GDOT logo hurrying down I-285 or I-20 because there...

Sterigenics is a medical sterilization plant under fire for releasing airborne toxins that cause an elevated cancer risk to individuals living in surrounding areas. In a recent court hearing in Cobb County, a judge ruled that the hundreds of residents affected by the company's negligence may sue the landlord, Prologis, for potential damages. Background on Prologis Prologis has been under...

The Plaintiffs of the Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation case have won an important motion that moves the case into the discovery phase. Georgia federal judge Leigh Martin May denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the case and found that the claims are not preempted by the FDCA, as the defendants pled. The judge found that the plaintiffs adequately stated...

Sterigenics, a medical sterilization plant, released airborne toxins that caused elevated cancer risks to those living in surrounding areas. More than 300 individuals have filed lawsuits claiming they developed cancer or other illnesses due to the company’s negligence. Now, court filings show that Sterigenics’ landlord, Prologis, is also under fire. Prologis could be facing liability for failing to repair and...

Not every car accident involves two or more automobiles. Some instead are single-vehicle collisions where the driver collides with a fixed object. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), vehicles leaving the roadway and colliding with a fixed object such as a tree, pole, road sign, or traffic barrier account for around 20 percent of all car crash-related...

Ethylene oxide (EtO) at room temperature is a colorless flammable gas with a sweet odor. Commonly used in small doses as a sterilizing agent, the gas can damage DNA to effectively clean materials. Specifically, the medical device industry heavily relies on EtO to sterilize about 20 billion instruments per year. However, EtO is a human carcinogen, and exposure to the...

The U.S. suffers around 40,000 fatal car accidents per year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). There are several instances, however, where accidents do not lead to death, but they instead leave the occupants to life-altering injuries. First Steps After a Traumatic Accident Immediately after an event that led to a catastrophic injury occurs, it is important...

After being involved in a car accident, individuals generally have the chance to file a claim for damages against the other driver’s insurance. However, if you were in a collision with a driver who was in a stolen vehicle, you may have to rely on uninsured motorist coverage. How Does Uninsured Motorist Coverage Apply? Uninsured motorist coverage aids in rapidly...

In cases of a catastrophic injury, the accidents leave the injured person with irreversible damage, oftentimes affecting their brain or spinal cord, which often hinders their functional capabilities. Additionally, these instances will usually require many surgeries and call for the injured person to completely reevaluate sometimes menial tasks in their daily lives. Injured individuals also may no longer be able...