A partner with Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC,, Brandon Smith has devoted his practice to pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, products liability and serious personal injury. A frequent guest spea
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The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) has now been in full investigation mode for the last few days concerning the peanut butter recall that has dominated the local and national news. They have identified the outbreak of Salmonella Tennessee infections that have occurred on a large multistate level
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The first of what is expected to be many peanut butter lawsuits was filed on Friday concerning the recent peanut butter salmonella outbreak by a Missouri couple. The suit names ConAgra Foods Inc. as the defendant for the gastrointestinal illnesses injuries the plaintiffs sustained after eating the m
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In the latest tale of dangerous dogs in Georgia, a 2-year-old girl was tragically killed after two dogs escaped from their fence and mauled the girl to death. The victim, identified as Robynn Bradley, was reportedly walking beside a fenced in back yard when the two dogs, a boxer mastiff mix and a pi
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Our InjuryBoard partner from Orlando, Joseph Saunders, recently made a great point about the dangers associated with the recent salmonella peanut butter outbreak in reference to our youth. It is undisputed that hundreds of thousands of children eat peanut butter sandwiches everyday for lunch and/or
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With the recent salmonella outbreak concerning Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter many people are asking the question, what is salmonella and what are its adverse effects? The short answer is that salmonella is a infectious bacteria that attacks the intestines and blood stream in most humans. T
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When pursuing a peanut butter salmonella outbreak claim it is very important to NOT throw away the jar of peanut butter and its lid despite what others are saying at this time. It will be a very important piece of evidence in the future. Keep it in a very safe place where no one will use it again an
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If you eat peanut butter and have a jar or two in your home, Be Careful-Be Very Careful as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently warned that thousands of jars of peanut butter have been linked to a salmonella Outbreak. According to the FDA, the salmonella outbreak has been found in jar
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A grandmother who was kidnapped and raped while leaving the Lindbergh MARTA station in Buckhead in June of 2002 got some great news Wednesday afternoon in the form of a $1.7 million verdict. The Fulton County State Court jury, made up of 6 men and 6 women, only had to determine the damages portion o
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Our law firm, Childers, Buck, & Schlueter, LLP, along with Eric H. Weinberg of The Law Offices of Eric H. Weinberg, recently filed the first of what we expect to be a number of lawsuits on behalf of those adversely affected by the salmonella outbreak at an Arby’s in Lowndes County Georgia this past
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A Georgia woman was recently struck by a hit and run driver on Ulmerton Road as she and a friend tried to cross the roadway. Elonda Floyd, 41, and Lisa King, 46, were both taken to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg after being struck by the driver for their injuries. As a result of the accid
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It seems like every time I pick up a newspaper or read an article online, it illustrates another vicious dog attack. Annie, Maiforth, an 86-year-old Cobb County resident is just the latest victim as two dogs, a German shepherd and Labrador retriever violently attached her earlier this week. The atta
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After a the death of a young mother in a recent water drinking contest held by a local radio station in California, a wrongful death lawsuit has now been filed on her behalf by the family members left behind. It is alleged that the contest promised a Nintendo Wii to the person who could drink the mo