Recent Posts in Assault Category
Posted on May 2, 2018 By David Thomas
This is Part One of Two blogs devoted to issues pertaining to ride sharing companies operating in Atlanta. PART ONE: “A SAFE RIDE HOME” This is Uber’s brand message. “A safe ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2018 By David Thomas
WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS ARE LIABLE FOR CRIMES We’ve all heard of so-called “slip and fall” cases where a person invited onto a residential or business property encounters a hazardous ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2016 By David Thomas
A CHOICE BETWEEN CARE AND THE COURTS A nursing home resident falls and hits her head due to poor lighting in a hallway. The resident slips into a coma from the traumatic brain injury and dies. Her ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2015 By David Thomas
THE FIGHT GOES DIGITAL As of November 4, 2015, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights was investigating 175 cases involving sexual violence at 146 post-secondary schools. This ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2015 By David Thomas
HAZING: STILL GOING ON, STILL CLAIMING LIVES As the one year anniversary of the death of a nineteen year old fraternity pledge at Clemson University approaches, new details are emerging about what ...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2014 By David Thomas
One year ago, we discussed the national outcry over the number of sexual assaults on college campuses and the rampant mishandling of the complaints regarding them. The statistics were alarming: 1 in 5 ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2014 By David Thomas
Jewlyes Gutierrez is a 16-year-old transgender high school student. Born male, but identifying as a female, Gutierrez says she was bullied by three of her female classmates for being transgender. ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2013 By David Thomas
The recent arrest of Grammy-award winner Chris Brown for yet another outburst of violent behavior puts the controversy over what is the appropriate and most effective way of dealing with this kind of ...
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