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Georgia Native Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trucking Company After Rear-End Collision
A Georgia man has filed a $10 million lawsuit after he says he was badly injured when his pickup truck was rear-ended by a semi-truck owned and operated by an amusement rides company. According to the lawsuit, a truck owned by Awesome Amusements Inc. “suddenly and without warning of any kind” rear-ended the plaintiff’s… Read More »
Family Sues After Truck Driver Burns to Death in Fiery Accident
The family of a truck driver who died in a tragic accident with another semi-truck driver in Wilkinson County has filed a wrongful death truck accident lawsuit against the other driver and the company that he worked for. The lawsuit was filed by the children of the decedent truck driver. The lawsuit alleges that… Read More »
GFL and EEOC Finalize Consent Decree Over Lawsuit Claiming They Wouldn’t Hire Female Driver
In 2023, the EEOC sued GFL alleging that the Georgia company refused to hire female drivers. Currently, GFL and the EEOC are in the process of finalizing a consent decree which would bring to a close the case that began in 2023. According to the lawsuit, GFL, along with its subsidiaries, Waste Industries U.S.A.,… Read More »
EEOC Files Disability Discrimination Suit Against Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed suit against Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system based in Atlanta. According to the lawsuit, the company violated federal law when it failed to provide a job applicant with a reasonable disability-related accommodation and rescinded its employment offer because the applicant had… Read More »
SB 426 Will Change the Way Truck Accident Lawsuits are Filed
Georgia is one of four states that allow plaintiffs to file lawsuits directly against insurers in truck accident lawsuits. This rule has been in place since 1930. For decades, however, Georgia’s insurance industry has sought to eliminate the long-standing provision allowing plaintiffs to sue insurance companies directly. This was the most important issue that… Read More »
Jurors Hand Down $16.2M Verdict Against Amazon Logistics
A Georgia jury recently handed down a $16.2 million verdict at trial against Amazon Logistics and a service partner over injuries suffered by a Georgia child when he was run over by a delivery van. His leg was severely injured in the accident. The case, Bradfield v. Amazon Logistics, et al., 22-C-07003-S7, centered around… Read More »
EEOC Sues X-Treme Tech Services Over Sexual Harassment of Staff Member
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed a federal lawsuit against X-Treme Tech Services, LLC—a company that provides marine electronic services. According to the lawsuit, the company violated federal law after a supervisor repeatedly sexually harassed a female employee and then fired her after she resisted his advances. The female employee was an… Read More »
EEOC Files Suit After Transgender Worker Subjected to Hostile Work Environment
A California-based contractor, Superior Automatic Sprinkler Company, has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company subjected a transgender worker with verbal harassment and physical threats due to his gender identity and sexual orientation. The worker also alleged that he was transferred to… Read More »
Furniture Store Settles EEOC Lawsuit After Denying Employee Religious Accommodation to Not Take the COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently settled a religious discrimination lawsuit against Hank’s Furniture, Inc. According to the lawsuit, a former assistant manager at the company’s Pensacola, Florida location notified the company that her religious beliefs precluded her from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Rather than discuss the employee’s religious beliefs to determine whether… Read More »
EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Fred Meyer Stores Alleging Sexual Harassment
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges that Fred Meyer Stores, Inc.—a subsidiary of the national supermarket chain Kroger—violated federal law when it allowed a male employee to sexually harass multiple female employees over a period of several years despite repeated complaints about his behavior. According to the lawsuit, since at least 2017,… Read More »