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1. November 17, 2011 Child Brain Injury

   Traumatic Head Injuries in Infants, Young Children, and Teenagers Significantly Underdiagnosed

   Brain injuries often go undetected following a trauma such as an automobile accident, bike accident, or fall. Warning signs your child may have a TBI.

2. November 16, 2011 Child Injury - Product Liability - Dangerous Vehicles

   15 Passenger Van Rollover – Children Most at Risk of Injury

   15 passenger vans are among the most dangerous vehicles on the road, and children are most at risk in a rollover. Legal options if your child was hurt.

3. November 15, 2011 Child Sexual Abuse Litigation

   Georgia’s Special Civil Statute of Limitations for Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse

   Georgia's special civil statute of limitations gives victims of childhood sexual abuse five years from age 18 to file a lawsuit. O.C.G.A. Section 9-3-33.1.

4. November 14, 2011 Child Sexual Abuse Litigation

   Child Sexual Abuse – Penn State Scandal 2011 – Lawsuits Sure to Follow

   How could Penn State officials fail to act after being told Jerry Sandusky was molesting young boys? Institutions do a bad job of policing themselves.

5. November 11, 2011 Child Sports Injuries

   Second Impact Syndrome – Coach & School Official Liability

   Second Impact Syndrome is the brain injury that can result when an athlete returns to play too soon after a hit to the head. When schools may be liable.

6. November 10, 2011 Child Dog Bite Injury

   Child Injury – Dog Bite – Owner must take “reasonable steps” if has “superior knowledge”

   Recent Georgia decisions place a duty on an owner to take reasonable steps if the owner has superior knowledge of the dog's vicious tendency.

7. November 9, 2011 Child Dog Bite Injury

   Child Injury – Dog Bite – Using Violation of Leash Law to Prove Vicious Propensity

   Since a 1985 amendment, a Georgia dog owner's violation of a leash law can be used to prove vicious propensity in a dog bite claim.

8. November 8, 2011 Child Dog Bite Injury

   Child Injury – Dog Bites – Georgia’s Misunderstood “One Free Bite” Rule

   Georgia's historic "first bite rule" didn't mean quite what it sounds like. What an injured person had to prove, and when an owner is not liable.

9. November 7, 2011 Child Dog Bite Injury

   Child Injury – Dog Bite

   Part 1 of a series on Georgia dog bite law: the historic "first bite rule" for owners and keepers of vicious dogs, found in O.C.G.A. Section 51-2-7.

10. November 4, 2011 About the Author

    Loving the Law

    Why Attorney Pete Pearson loves the law: it solves problems without violence, lets him speak truth to power, and can make the world safer for his children.