Category: Wrongful Death

Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, three members of a Franklin County Georgia family were killed when Marco Tulio Hernandez-Ramirez, while driving under the influence of alcohol, crossed over the center line and caused a fatal collision. Choosing to drive while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most irresponsible…

Wrongful Death Case Arising from Jeep Fire Leads to $150 Million Verdict Eleven women and one man from Bainbridge Georgia, told Chrysler that their defectively designed Jeep Grand Cherokee was dangerous, when they awarded Remington “Remi” Walden’s parents $150,000,000 after Remi died in one of the Jeeps. On April 2,…

The evidence is piling up. There have been admissions, crash tests, government investigations, recalls, and even a jury verdict. All of that evidence proves that the Jeeps with rear gas tanks, which can explode when they’re hit in the rear, are deadly-dangerous. Yet the manufacturer of the Jeeps—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles…

$150 Million Jeep Fire Verdict Named Number ONE Verdict of Year It’s an honor to try cases on behalf of individuals and their families, and even more of an honor when the jury agrees with you. Today, a company that televises trials nationwide chose our firm’s verdict in Walden v….

Jeep Gas Tank Fires: The Defect, The Evidence, & The Lawsuit Filed Our country has rules. It is against the law for one person to walk up to another and kill him in order to take the money out of his wallet. Killing another person for money is wrong. A person…

When Chrysler sold millions of Jeeps with the gas tanks mounted in the extreme rear of the vehicles, it put its customers and their families at risk. This Pinto-like design is deadly-dangerous because when the Jeeps are struck in the rear, the gas tanks can rupture and the Jeeps can…

A wrongful death shooting case against owners of an apartment complex in Atlanta, and their apartment security company has settled for $3 million. The case arose out of a fatal shooting at Creekside Forest Apartments on January 6, 2016.  The apartment complex and the companies that owned it are now out of business. …

According to a report released in October 2018 by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, the federal organization organized through the U.S. Department of Transportation responsible for keeping motorists safe on the roads, there were 37,133 people killed in motor vehicle wrecks in the United States in 2017. Fatalities decreased…

Wrongful Death Car Accident in Atlanta, GA Settles for $2.95 Million EJB was a beloved daughter, friend, and co-worker who tragically lost her life in a car accident in Atlanta, GA on October 11, 2017. Butler Kahn had the privilege of representing her family.  Our Atlanta wrongful death law firm…

Police Department Changes Policy after Wrongful Death Settlement It feels really good to make a difference. Settlement has recently been finalized in a wrongful death case that Butler Kahn and Justin T. Jones, PC handled arising out of a bad car chase in Metter, Georgia. The Metter police had conducted an unauthorized…