When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus. So the 14-year-old girl, Alex …
A federal appeals court this week granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV. The ruling was a victory for gay rights advocates and the health …
A panel of federal judges appeared skeptical Wednesday of the Atlanta police department’s decision to reject a job application from an HIV-infected man. The 40-year-old man sued the city in 2010, claiming he was denied a police officer job solely …
Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens and two other former National Football League players have sued the league over brain injuries that they say left them struggling with medical problems years after their playing days ended. Lewis and Levens, along with Fulton …
A Georgia factory worker claims in a federal lawsuit that he was fired after he refused to wear a `666′ sticker he feared would doom him to eternal damnation. Billy E. Hyatt claims he was fired from Pliant Corp., a …
The group that owns the Atlanta Hawks and recently sold the Atlanta Thrashers has settled a $195 million legal malpractice lawsuit against the law firm King & Spalding. The Atlanta Spirit, which sold the Thrashers to a Canadian group in …
The top court in the U.S. state of Georgia has allowed the family of a man who stabbed his mother to death in a psychotic rage to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against his psychiatrist, settling a long-running debate over …
After a mentally ill Georgia man was charged with stabbing his mother to death amid a psychotic rage, his father took a step that has so far divided Georgia courts: He filed a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking damages from his …
After a mentally ill Georgia man was charged with stabbing his mother to death amid a psychotic rage, his father took a peculiar step that has so far divided Georgia courts: He filed a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking damages from …
Three federal appeals judges expressed unease with a requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance or face penalties, as they repeatedly raised questions about President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. At a Wednesday hearing, the three judges on the …
