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One Killed, Two Hurt in Suburban Atlanta Head-On Collision

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A 46-year-old former professional basketball star was critically injured and a 40-year-old woman was reportedly killed in a recent head-on motor vehicle crash in Jonesboro. According to Clayton County police spokesperson Clarence Cox, the former NBA player was driving a sport utility vehicle north on Tara Boulevard around 1 pm when he allegedly crossed… Read More »

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Brantley County Teenager Dies Following Bicycle Accident on Georgia 110 Near Atkinson

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

A Brantley County teenager was recently killed while riding his bicycle on Georgia 110 near Atkinson. According to Captain Wade Bennett of the Brantley County Sheriff’s Office, the child was struck from behind before he was catapulted into a nearby ditch. Bennett said the accident occurred when the child switched lanes to avoid a… Read More »

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Alleged Drunken Driver Causes More Than One Dozen Hit-and-Run Crashes in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

A 70-year-old man is being held in the Gwinnett County Jail without bond in connection with more than one dozen hit-and-run crashes he allegedly caused in a single night. Michael Owen Snider of Stone Mountain is accused of driving his pick-up truck while intoxicated for more than 15 miles on U.S. Highway 78 and… Read More »

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Traffic Fatalities Reportedly on the Rise in Georgia

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

The number of people killed on Georgia roadways this year is allegedly expected to increase for the first time in seven years. A recent Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) report claims the current number of traffic deaths throughout the state is now higher than it was at the same time last year…. Read More »

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Georgia Supreme Court Holds Savannah Property Owner Not Liable for Alligator Attack

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a Savannah homeowners association and golf club was not responsible for the death of an elderly woman on their property. In October 2007, 83-year-old Gwyneth Williams was found dead by a lagoon jointly owned by the Landings Club and the Landings Homeowners Association… Read More »

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Body of 13-Year-Old Found After Lake Lanier Boat Crash

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

Last week, the body of a boy missing since June 18th was found 113 feet below the surface of Lake Lanier. 13-year-old Griffin Prince fell overboard after a 2002 Sea Fox fishing boat driven by 44-year-old Paul Bennett of Cumming allegedly struck the pontoon boat he was riding in around 10:30 pm. Griffin’s 9-year-old… Read More »

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What are Structured Settlements, and How Can They Help My Atlanta Injury Case??

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

If you are injured in an accident and accept a structured settlement, you will get a long series of payments that will total more than you would get if you took a lump sum of cash up front. A structured settlement starts with a lump sum that is invested in an annuity, which then… Read More »

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Gwinnett County Teen Headed to Post-Prom Party Killed in Car Accident

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

Late last month, a 16-year-old girl died and four other people were injured in a Norcross automobile collision. Meadowcreek High School junior Johlanda Lindsey was killed after the car she was riding in reportedly crashed into a car driven by Freddie Banks on Steve Reynolds Boulevard near Beaver Ruin Road. The group of teens… Read More »

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Four Vehicle Pile-Up on I-95 Near Savannah Sends Three to Hospital

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

Yesterday, a pile-up collision on Interstate 95 and Georgia Highway 21 near Savannah sent three people to a local hospital. Four vehicles were involved in the crash that apparently occurred after one driver unexpectedly slammed on his brakes where the two roads meet. Three individuals were sent to Memorial University Medical Center following the… Read More »

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Fatal Accident Kills Fulton County Middle School Teacher

By Stokes & Kopitsky, P.A. |

A Sandtown middle school teacher was killed and two other individuals were injured in a crash on Camp Creek Parkway that was caused by a teenager who was driving on a restricted license without an adult in the car. 40-year-old math teacher Shireen Haynes of College Park died after a teenage driver lost control… Read More »

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