Latest Georgia Headlines
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Family Sues Georgia Health Center Over Handling of Mentally Disabled Man
Jun 17 2021 // JONESBORO, Ga. — The family of a mentally disabled man is suing a Georgia behavioral health system, saying its employees forced him onto a bus to Atlanta where he wandered the streets and suffered from hypothermia. The...
Georgia Jury Awards $500K to Woman Who Sued Over Sexual Abuse by Pastor
Jun 15 2021 // A Georgia jury has awarded $500,000 to a woman who sued her former pastor, alleging that he had sexually abused her for years, starting when she was 15 years old. Jurors in Columbus found that Lewis Clemons, who led the...
Georgia City Offers $350K to Settle Claim Over Police Takedown of Wrong Man
Jun 14 2021 // Officials of a Georgia city have offered a $350,000 legal settlement to a Black man injured last year when a police officer violently slammed him in the ground, later saying he mistakenly believed the man had an...
Wrongful Death Suit Against 3 Georgia Police Officers to Proceed
Jun 14 2021 // COLUMBUS, Ga. — A federal judge says he isn’t halting a wrongful death lawsuit against three Columbus police officers, despite their concerns that the district attorney is seeking to indict them on criminal...
Businesses Sue MLB for Moving All-Star Game to Protest Georgia Voting Law
Jun 1 2021 // A conservative group representing small businesses has sued Major League Baseball and its players’ union over the decision to move next month’s All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to that state’s new...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Garner & Glover Co. of Georgia
May 19 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Rome, Georgia-based Garner & Glover Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1874 and operating under its current name since 1926, Garner & Glover...
People Moves: Security First Names Lockhart CFO; Freeland Joins Alliant in Tenn.; SIU Adds Hayes Everett in Georgia
May 18 2021 // Lockhart Named CFO of Florida-Based Security First Insurance Security First Insurance, a private homeowners insurer in Florida, has promoted David Lockhart to chief financial officer, effective June 1. David...
Teams Assess Damage After Fire on Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port
May 17 2021 // A salvage team assessed damage Saturday after a fire was ignited inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast. “The assessment is likely to take several days,”...
Multiple People Hurt in Boat Explosion on Georgia’s Lake Lanier
May 11 2021 // Multiple people were hurt, some seriously, when a boat exploded Sunday on Lake Lanier, authorities said. Game wardens responded around 2:45 p.m. to the Margaritaville gas dock after getting reports that a boat exploded...
Oakbridge Insurance Agency Partners with The Greer Agency of Georgia
May 10 2021 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency LLC, an independent insurance and risk management advisor, has formed a partnership with The Greer Agency, Inc of Georgia. Oakbridge and Greer closed the transaction on May 3, 2021, and terms of...
Positive Physicians Insurance Co. Expands Med Mal Coverage into Florida, Georgia
May 7 2021 // Positive Physicians Insurance Co. has been approved by the Florida and Georgia departments of insurance to offer medical malpractice insurance within their respective states. The company obtained admitted status in Florida...
GEICO Looks to Add 500 Employees in Georgia
May 5 2021 // Middle Georgia’s largest private employer says it’s trying to hire another 500 workers. GEICO, the Maryland-based insurance company owned by financial conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, says it’s trying to...
Crews Battle Large Warehouse Fire at Georgia Wood Pellet Plant
May 4 2021 // Firefighters in coastal Georgia are battling a large fire that ignited inside a warehouse filled with wood pellets. The blaze erupted Sunday night at the Port of Brunswick, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of...
Governor Lifts Most COVID Restrictions on Georgia Businesses
May 3 2021 // Georgia’s governor is removing many remaining requirements for social distancing and masked employees from businesses, saying that the state’s efforts to control COVID-19 have been successful even as its...
Democrat State Rep. Wilson to Run for Georgia Insurance Commissioner
Apr 30 2021 // A Democratic state House member announced on Wednesday that he’s running for Georgia insurance commissioner, aiming to defeat appointed Republican incumbent John King. Rep. Matthew Wilson of Brookhaven said he will...
Halfway Done, Georgia Shipwreck Demolition Still Months Away from Completion
Apr 29 2021 // Demolition of a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast reached the halfway mark Monday as a towering crane lifted the vessel’s engine room section away from the rest of the shipwreck for removal by...
Georgia Sheriff Accused of Civil Rights Violations in Federal Indictment
Apr 29 2021 // An Atlanta-area sheriff who’s no stranger to controversy is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency’s custody by ordering that they be unnecessarily strapped into a restraint chair...
GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer: Georgia Supreme Court
Apr 27 2021 // GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under a ruling last week by the Georgia Supreme Court. The high court’s 7-0 decision answered three...
Fiery Crash on Georgia Interstate Causes At Least 6 Deaths
Apr 26 2021 // At least six people died and several others were hurt in an interstate crash in Georgia that left a passenger van engulfed in flames and rolled on its side, police said. Passersby stopped to pull people from the burning...
Insurer for Georgia City to Pay $1.7M to Business Owner in Harassment Suit
Apr 20 2021 // A suburban Atlanta barbecue restaurant owner will get $1.7 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming he was harassed by government officials and employees. The city of Stockbridge’s insurer will pay the money to...
