Recent Articles

Safe Products Website

Jarome Gautreaux
March 13, 2012 15:10

I recently learned about a great website that lets consumer do two very important things: (2) search for safety reports on products, and (2) report unsafe products.  You can read about this website at The Consumerist and the website itself is part of the Consumer Product Safety Commission...

Pool safety

Jarome Gautreaux
March 07, 2012 13:34

Pools are fun, but they also pose some dangers we need to be aware of in order to avoid injury.  As winter ends and the warm weather approaches, most of us start thinking about fun summer activities like swimming with our friends and family.  The risks of injury include being trapped in...

Food Safety

Jarome Gautreaux
February 16, 2012 18:47

Most of us worry about the food we consume, and we carefully read labels to learn what we are putting in our bodies. Occasionally, an outbreak of E Coli or Campylobacter or other pathogen is linked to food, and we turn our attention from nutrition to the basic safety of our food. For example,...

Macon Tractor Trailer Wreck Sends 20 to Hospital

Jarome Gautreaux
January 24, 2012 15:12

A tractor trailer driver failed to stop at a red light and struck a school bus carrying children from Wesleyan College in Macon yesterday.  Amy Leigh Womack reports on this wreck in her Macon Telegraph article.  Thankfully, the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.   Tractor...

Recent Case on Spoliation of Evidence

Jarome Gautreaux
January 23, 2012 18:19

One of the major hurdles we face in litigation is making sure that all relevant evidence is uncovered, analyzed and preserved.  For example, after a tractor trailer wreck, the trucking company may send its representatives to the scene to analyze the wreck and take photographs and measurements....

Keeping Your Home Safe When Using Space Heaters

Jarome Gautreaux
January 17, 2012 18:56

     It seems like every year we hear depressing stories about adults or children (or pets) suffering a personal injury or death due to fires started by use of space heaters in homes.  The National Fire Protection Association reports that from 2005 to 2009, 79% of home...

Dangers of Hot Cars: Another Child Dies in Georgia

Jarome Gautreaux
June 21, 2011 17:08

            The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported today that a 2 year old child died after being left in a van at a day care center in Atlanta.  The article by  Alexis Stevens and Fran Jeffries also mentions that since 1998, there have been 509...

John Stossel on Lawsuits: Good for Him, Bad for the Rest of Us?

Jarome Gautreaux
June 17, 2011 14:46

John Stossel, host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network, likes to rant about lawsuits and lawyers.  Seems he hates both, unless he's the one who's doing the suing.  Stossel once interviewed wrestler Dave Schultz, and when Stossel told Schultz he thought it was all fake,...

Websites for Trial Advocacy

Jarome Gautreaux
May 03, 2011 12:35

             One of the wonderful aspects of my chosen career as a lawyer is that I get to actually try cases to juries.   Learning to try cases is an evolutionary process, and things I did ten years ago I wouldn’t dream of doing...

Safety Hazards in Your Home

Jarome Gautreaux
April 25, 2011 14:15

          When we think of safety in the home, we normally think of things like the purity of our water, lead in paint, and other well-known safety hazards.           But there are other hazards as well that are perhaps less well known but...