R. Robin Mcdonald

April 11, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has reduced a verdict in a bellwether hip implant product liability case from $11 million to $2.1 million, lopping off nearly $9 million in punitive damages.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

April 11, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Calling a Gainesville poultry plant's cooperation in an accident investigation involving a poultry worker "less than forthcoming," the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. attorney in Atlanta are seeking a search warrant to inspect the plant premises for other safety hazards.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

April 08, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Newnan is allowing civil racketeering claims stemming from a protracted child custody battle to go forward against Atlanta attorney Millard Farmer, his former co-counsel in the custody case, and a child custody activist with a local radio show who injected herself into the litigation.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 07, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Rome has thrown out what he said is an unconstitutional policy implemented by the Walker School District that prevented a county social studies teacher from expressing his opinion at a local school board meeting.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

April 06, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Within days of getting a jailhouse tattoo from another inmate at the state prison in Reidsville, Randall Davison's forearm began showing the first signs of infection.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 06, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The chairman of the beleaguered state judicial watchdog agency has resigned, saying that "an all-out political assault" has compromised the agency's ability to do its work "in a way that renders it totally ineffective."

By R. Robin McDonald

16 minute read

April 05, 2016 | Daily Report Online

One of the largest providers of private probation services in Georgia will temporarily stop requiring people on probation to submit to and pay for drug tests not ordered by a court.

By R. Robin McDonald

11 minute read

March 29, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A suit against Hollywood writers and producers by 54 refugees who became known as "the Lost Boys" after they fled brutal persecution in Sudan has cleared an initial legal hurdle, a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled.

By R. Robin McDonald

14 minute read

March 24, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The president of the State Bar of Georgia says he intends to recommend that the bar launch a media campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment that would place the state judicial watchdog agency under the control of the General Assembly and could mandate that it operate almost exclusively in secret.

By R. Robin Mcdonald

9 minute read

March 24, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A former U.S. attorney says the General Assembly's passage of a "religious freedom" bill will allow "a broad range of discrimination that will likely meet with many costly legal challenges."

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read