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If you’ve been involved in a minor car accident, you might wonder whether you need to hire an attorney. While not every case requires legal representation, it's almost always at least worth your time to contact a lawyer for a free consultation and learn about your options. To clarify matters, however, let’s get into specifics. That way, you’ll be better...

A car accident lawyer becomes your ally in the chaos after a car accident. A lawyer’s main job is to advocate for your rights and obtain compensation for your losses. If you have been involved in a car accident, an Atlanta car accident lawyer can help you build your case. Car accident attorneys seek to recover full and fair compensation...

Recently, Andy Miller with Georgia Health News and Brenda Goodman with WebMD published an article discussing ethylene oxide (EtO) and its illegal release from certain chemical plants in the state. The two plants in question are the BD Bard plant located in Covington and the Sterigenics plant in Smyrna. If you live in either of these communities (or have worked...

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...