Latest Georgia Headlines
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ConAgra to Settle Georgia Peanut Butter Salmonella Charges for $11.2M
May 22 2015 // ConAgra Foods agreed to pay $11.2 million, a sum that includes the highest criminal fine ever in a U.S. food safety case, to settle a federal charge that the company shipped Peter Pan peanut butter tainted with salmonella...
Georgia Officers Issue 270 Tickets Under ‘Slow Poke’ Law
May 21 2015 // The Georgia State Patrol says officers have written about 270 tickets under a law that makes it illegal to block faster drivers in the left-hand lane. The state’s so-called “slow poke” law took effect in...
Georgia Governor Approves Ridesharing Regulation
May 8 2015 // Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law two bills regulating the high-tech ridesharing industry in Georgia. Surrounded by young Uber drivers in black T-shirts and Lyft drivers wearing pink on Wednesday, Deal signed into law...
Georgia High Court Sides with XL in Consent to Settlement Dispute
May 4 2015 // The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement because the insured settled on the amount without the consent of the insurer that was required by...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
May 1 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. and Georgia...
Georgia Sperm Bank Responds to ‘Baseless’ Donor Misrepresentation Lawsuit
May 1 2015 // A Georgia-based sperm bank said in a court filing this week that a lawsuit accusing it of misrepresenting the medical and social history of a sperm donor is baseless. Xytex Corp. responded to the lawsuit filed in Fulton...
Georgia Education Officials Checking Schools for Recalled Ice Cream
Apr 30 2015 // Georgia education officials say they’re working with the state health department to make sure ice cream products that were recently recalled aren’t being served in schools. Department of Education spokesman...
Second Largest Georgia Hospital to Settle False Medicare Billing Charges for $20M
Apr 29 2015 // Federal prosecutors say a central Georgia hospital system has agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement to resolve allegations of fraudulent Medicare billing. Authorities say the Medical Center of Central Georgia has...
Uber, Lyft Balk at Fingerprinting Georgia Drivers
Apr 27 2015 // Popular ride-hailing firms like Uber and Lyft are fighting lawsuits in Atlanta and other cities from cab drivers, taxi and limousine companies claiming the techno upstarts are siphoning off passengers and profits by...
Former Georgia Mayor Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 22 2015 // The former mayor of Milledgeville has turned himself in to face a dozen charges of insurance fraud. The Macon Telegraph reported that 52-year-old Richard Bentley was booked at Baldwin County Jail on Monday. Officers said...
Parents Sue Georgia Sperm Bank, Claiming It Misrepresented Donor
Apr 20 2015 // He was good on paper: Eloquent, mature, healthy and smart to boot. That’s why Angela Collins and Margaret Elizabeth Hanson say they chose Donor 9623 to be the biological father of their child. Then last June, almost...
Georgia Supreme Court Sides with XL Specialty in Barring Bad Faith Claim
Apr 20 2015 // The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement because the insured settled on the amount without the consent of the insurer that was required by...
Georgia Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Bill
Apr 20 2015 // An emotional Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation April 16 that immediately legalizes the use of medical marijuana in Georgia to treat eight serious medical conditions. Sponsored by state Rep. Allen Peake, a Republican from...
Georgia Senate Sends Ridesharing Bill to Governor
Apr 6 2015 // The Georgia Senate has expanded the requirements ridesharing companies must meet to operate in the state. The Senate voted last Thursday to add a requirement for drivers of companies such as Uber to display certificates of...
Boy’s Jeep Fire Death Results in $150M Verdict Against Fiat Chrysler
Apr 6 2015 // Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV was ordered to pay $150 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy who burned to death in a crash after a jury found the carmaker recklessly designed the gas tank for the 1999 Jeep Grand...
Lockheed to Settle Georgia Aircraft Plant Billing Dispute with Government for $2M
Mar 31 2015 // Federal prosecutors in Atlanta say Lockheed Martin Corp. has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations it overbilled the government for fuel it used while manufacturing planes for the U.S. Air Force. Prosecutors say...
Controversial Ridesharing Legislation Makes it Through Georgia Senate
Mar 30 2015 // The Georgia Senate has passed a slightly tweaked substitute measure to a House bill that apparently clears the way for Uber, Lyft and other ridesharing companies to keep operating in the state. The substitute, which makes...
Georgia State Agencies Preparing for Medical Marijuana Law
Mar 30 2015 // In an emotional ceremony in his Capitol office, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed an executive order Friday ordering state agencies to start preparations now for the enactment of the state’s medical marijuana...
Retooled Medical Marijuana Bill Gets OK from Georgia Senate
Mar 26 2015 // After two rancorous years of squabbling, confusion and heated debate, Georgia appears on the verge of having a medical marijuana law after the state Senate passed a sweeping bill Tuesday that would allow cannabis oil to be...
Georgia Tour Guides Move Forward with Free Speech Suit Against Savannah
Mar 24 2015 // Months after a federal lawsuit prompted Savannah to revise a local law regulating guided tours, Dan Leger remains determined to press ahead with the case in court. “Until they quit licensing my free speech, I...
