“wrongful death”

Does Too Much Auto Safety Technology Increase Car Accident Risks?

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | August 10, 2011

Atlanta car accident lawyers have acknowledged that the fact that cars now come with newer, better and improved auto safety aids to prevent accidents is a major reason why auto accident wrongful deaths are down over the past decade. However, as Americans get more used to cars that seem to be designed purely to avoid […]

Metrolink Train Accident Settlement Illustrates Dangers of Tort Reform

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | August 7, 2011

Earlier this month, a judge carved up a $200 million settlement fund to be divided among dozens of people who had filed personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against Southern California’s commuter rail network and other defendants. For many of these plaintiffs, the settlement money will barely cover medical costs, leave alone the crushing expenses […]

Bavis Family may be the First to Recover in a Wrongful Death Suit against Airline Stemming from the 9/11Tragedy

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | August 2, 2011

No one knows the terror that Mark Bavis faced as his flight was hijacked and subsequently crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. However, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled on Wednesday July 27th, 2011, that Bavis’ family may be able to recover “terror” or pain and suffering damages for the minutes […]

Wrongful Death Suit Prompted by Boy’s One-Story Fall in Mall

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | June 18, 2011

As a personal injury attorney here in Atlanta, Georgia, I’m of the opinion that there’s a lesson to be learned from every case. The motto of the story I share today is fairly clear: Stick to the plans. It was all there. The 2009 construction permits and blueprints for the elevator in the Massachusetts Mall […]