Miami Marlins outfielder Delmon Young was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a parking attendant in the Magic City. Authorities state that the 30-year-old free agent grabbed the man’s neck and called him a “stupid Cuban”
An advocacy group recently came up with a list of 12 cases which it claims pervert the principle of sovereign immunity from negligence lawsuits. Many of the cases in the so-called “dirty dozen” involved alleged
Some scholars believe that the erratic behavior of 16th century English monarch Henry VIII was caused by a brain injury he suffered earlier in life. In the 1520s, the king suffered a string of head
A trip to the beach outside New York City wound up becoming one of the foundational cases in American negligence law. Facts Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company involved a woman, Helen Palsgraf, who was
A Cobb County man will have ample opportunity to reflect on the series of decisions that led to his involvement in an alcohol-fueled car crash that took the life of a popular author. 45-year-old Jeffrey
A Maryland public school superintendent acknowledged that peers and scientists might believe that he is “damn nuts” for giving students chocolate milk to help them recover from a brain injury. Nevertheless, Clayton Wilcox plans to
A difficult-to-identify bacterial infection that kills 70 percent of its victims within 48 hours is spreading throughout the globe. Once confined to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, Melioidosis appears to be spreading to the Middle
For over a hundred years, the extent of landlord liability has largely depended on the color of the literal or metaphorical banana peel. Facts The 1911 case of Anjou v. Boston Elevated Railway Company involved
A local burglary suspect is in custody following a reckless high-speed police chase that involved possible injury to his infant son and a female passenger. Investigators believe that Joe Malcom was involved in a December
Three days after he was involved in a fatal New Year’s Day car crash, Atlanta police apprehended a probable hit-and-run driver. The incident began as a non-injury two-car collision on I-20 West near Holmes Drive.
Broadcaster “Boomer” Esiason called Cincinnati Bengals’ linebacker Vontaze Burfict a “danger” to other players on the field, further suggesting that the National Football League suspend him for an extended period of time after he caused
A runaway driver lost control of his car northwest of Marietta; the crash seriously injured a motorist on the other side of the road. The crash took place in Paulding County, not far from the
