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If an employee, while on the job, inadvertently shoots you, can you sue the company for which he or she works? Georgia’s Court of Appeals says no in a recent ruling, siding with the trial court that came to the same conclusion. The issue revolves around O.C.G.A. § 16-11-135 or Georgia’s Business Security and Employee …
Two defendants appeared before Cherokee Superior Court, charged with making false statements to the police. Both claimed that the Cherokee County Schools superintendent “sped by them in an aggressive manner and came very close to them, leaving them feeling threatened.” They asserted this claim to the police, but a detective retrieved a surveillance video from …
Cherokee County State Court heard the case of a young defendant cited with failing to wear a seat belt and driving under the influence (DUI) while under the age of 21. After he was cited, the court clerk assigned different case numbers for each ticket. An assistant solicitor general (ASG) amended the seat belt citation, …
Police in New York have determined that 2,822 guns used in crimes in the state were bought in Georgia, and 2,711 of that number were handguns. Between the years of 2010 and 2015, The Peach State’s weapon contribution amounted to 13% of the total out-of-state guns used in New York. This information prompted New York’s …
The jurors in Brunswick, Georgia have listened to four weeks of arguments regarding young Cooper Harris’s death. His father allegedly left the 22-month-old to suffer the stifling heat of his closed car in June of 2014. Ross Harris now must face the jury to offer his side of the story. Mr. Harris’s lawyer, noted criminal …
In 2014, Georgia legislature passed House Bills (HB) 60 and 826. HB 826 sought to decriminalize the carrying of weapons in school areas because previous laws required mandatory penalties for those caught with weapons on school property. Several situations arose that inspired the laxer law – situations in which students were expelled or charged with …
