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September 22, 2004 |

Ga. Rep.'s Med-Mal Win Doesn't Soften Reform Stance

Now that U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey has won a suit in which he was the medical malpractice defendant, one might argue that the Marietta, Ga., Republican's views on tort reform should soften. After all, does a civil justice system that allowed a judge to stop a trial against Gingrey and two medical partners and declare them the winners really need fixing? Yes, maintains Gingrey, an obstetrician-gynecologist for 26 years before his 2002 election to Congress.
4 minute read
March 04, 2009 |

In The Trenches: Howard Dean joins McKenna

McKenna Long Aldridge has landed Howard B. Dean III, the former Vermont governor, Democratic presidential candidate and, most recently, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for its national government affairs practice.Dean will be based in the firm's Washington office as an independent consultant, and will serve as a strategic adviser to its health care and energy clients, said Eric J.
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April 30, 2004 |

One County, Two Cases, Three Days: Almost $6 Million

In two successive suits in the same Georgia court last week, jurors awarded a total of $5.75 million to plaintiffs in driving-related cases. In the first, jurors awarded $3 million to a woman hit in the face in a road-rage incident. In the second, jurors gave $2.75 million to the family of a 19-year-old killed after he drove into a truck's path. A local lawyer said he'd never seen such a run of big plaintiffs' verdicts in his decades of practice.
5 minute read
June 05, 2008 |

Take a Risk, Build a Friendship

Wouldn't it be great if all you had to do to build a client base were to attend industry meetings, have a pleasant conversation with the person sitting next to you and exchange business cards? If that happens to you twice in a lifetime you should be buying lottery tickets by the handful. In the real world, you must have friends, says consultant Lee Ann Bellon. She explains that business opportunities can stem from pre-existing relationships, and clients can become friends.
4 minute read
August 25, 2009 |

Case addresses limits of doctor liability

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November 26, 2003 |

Youth Center Suicide Suit Sparks Discovery Dispute

Richmond [email protected] mother of a teenage boy who hanged himself while held at Metro Regional Youth Detention Center successfully added four defendants to her wrongful death suit after a hearing Monday. Left unresolved, however, is whether the plaintiff can obtain the names of other incarcerated juveniles who might have information about the death of the boy.
5 minute read
August 31, 2009 |

Verdicts and Settlements: Lawyers get cash, plaintiffs get coupons

Business service and supply giant Pitney Bowes has agreed to settle a "blast fax" class action by giving $26 coupons to plaintiffs for each week they received an unwanted fax-and $950,000 to the lawyers for the class.The $2.9 million settlement ends a case originally filed in Cobb County before being transferred to federal court.
6 minute read
January 05, 2000 |

Ex-Cop Wins Rare Confidentiality Case

In what is apparently the first such trial in Georgia and possibly in the country, a jury has held a psychologist liable for disclosing a patient's confidences. When police officer Gordon Garner III told clinical psychologist Anthony V. Stone during a fitness-for-duty interview that he had had a vision of killing his captain, and thoughts about killing eight to 10 others including the chief and a county commissioner, Stone reported the conversation to Garner's superiors. Garner took Stone to court.
5 minute read
August 23, 2004 |

21 to watch: On the Rise 2004

Profile stories of Gayle M. Abramson, Carla E. Brown, Christopher Carpenter, Christopher M. Carr, Kristin M. Childers, Hakim Hilliard, Ajay K. Jindia, Michael D. Johnson, William H. Jordan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Kristin K. McGuffey, David S. McLaughlin, David E. Nahmias, Michele L. NeSmith, Robert A. Rosenbloum, Shelley A. Senterfitt, Preston W.
56 minute read
December 21, 2006 |

In The Trenches: Joslin to head McKenna Long's Atlanta office

MARGARET M. JOSLIN will become McKenna Long Aldridge's new Atlanta managing partner, effective Jan. 1.Joslin, who heads the firm's public finance practice, will handle strategic planning, attorney management and daily operations for the Atlanta office, which has 144 lawyers and seven non-lawyer professionals.She succeeds Phillip A.
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