On July 14th, 2021, the Georgia Court of Appeals made the decision that Sheryl Daniel, who tripped and fell at work while on her way to her lunch break, is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, reversing a prior decision made in 2018. This reversal follows a new precedent set by the Georgia …
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GA Court Upholds $5.2M on Case Involving Injury from Fallen Pipe
On June 30th, 2021, the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld an award of $5.2 million for a taxi driver named Max Laguerre, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a fallen pipe from a hotel rooftop. The accident occurred in 2015 when a pipe fell from an Atlanta hotel’s 4th floor pool …
OSHA Fines Plastics Recycler in Georgia $164,308 After Worker’s Deadly Fall
On June 22, 2021 the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA) fined a plastics recycler based in Toccoa, Georgia, $164,308 following the fatal fall of a worker in December 2020. OSHA claims that the company Scrap Masters Inc. did not equip appropriate stairs and guardrails to their …
Town Center Jewelry Store in Cobb County Robbed by Armed Gunmen
On May 6, 2021, the Town Center Mall in Cobb County, Georgia was shut down by police as they investigated an armed robbery and shooting that took place at the jewelry store. Officers were summoned to A&M Custom Jewelry around 3:20 that afternoon. They determined that the robbery was committed …
Brink’s Security Driver Shot Outside Atlanta Cafe
On May 4, 2021, gunfire erupted outside of a cafe in northwest Atlanta. While a Brink’s security team was stopped for a snack break, the gunman tried to steal the armored security truck. While picking up food from a restaurant on the corner of Marietta Boulevard and Coronet Way, one of the Brink’s …
DeKalb County Restaurant Worker Dies in Kitchen Explosion
On the afternoon of May 11, 2021, there was an explosion in the kitchen of a DeKalb County restaurant. Tragically, a woman who was working died from her injuries. The restaurant where this tragedy occured is Main Moon Chinese, located on Hugh Howell Road in Tucker, Georgia. According to the fire …
