CKF in the News
Six CKF Attorneys Earn Super Lawyers Honors
Congratulations to six CKF team members who were recognized in the 20th anniversary issue of Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thomson Reuters publication. Andy Cash, David Krugler, Alwyn Fredericks, Shane Bartlett, Phil Henry, and Laura Voght were named Super Lawyers, an honor reserved for only 5% of the practicing Bar. In addition, Andy and… Read More »
Shane Bartlett and Wendy Huray Named Legal Elite
Attorneys Shane Bartlett and Wendy Huray were recently named to the list of the state’s Legal Elite in business and politics magazine, Georgia Trend. The annual list includes less than 300 attorneys and is based entirely on the voting of other members of the State Bar of Georgia. To read more about this year’s… Read More »
CKF In The News! Recent Case Filed Against Suspended Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill
CKF’s Alwyn Fredericks was interviewed by Atlanta’s 11 Alive news concerning the case we recently filed on behalf of Gabriel Arries against suspended Clayton County Sheriff, Victor Hill, and several Clayton County deputies and personnel. This is the third civil suit filed against Victor Hill, who is also under federal indictment for various criminal… Read More »
CKF’s Alwyn Fredericks Featured on Great Trials Podcast!
Alwyn Fredericks recently spoke on the Great Trials Podcast, discussing how he secured justice for our 18-year-old client who suffered a traumatic brain injury following a car crash. Despite the defense’s attempts to persuade the jury that our client was lying about her injuries or embellishing the extent of her pain, a DeKalb County… Read More »
CKF’s Campaign gets Senate’s attention after Washington Post article!
We have the Senate’s attention! (Read more here.) Let’s hope this keeps moving toward the solution of a full recall of home elevators.
CKF’s Campaign for a National Recall Featured in the Washington Post
For the last six years, our law firm has advocated for a nationwide recall of home elevators. For years, children have been crushed and killed because of a design flaw. We filed a petition for a recall with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner, flew to DC several times to argue our case and… Read More »
Cash Krugler & Fredericks Obtains Another Major Settlement in Elevator Accident Case
After 3 year old Jacob Helvey was catastrophically injured in a home elevator on Christmas Eve of 2010, his parents came to us with one wish – that this type of tragedy would never happen to another child. After litigating and ultimately resolving the Helvey case, our firm traveled to Washington, D.C. to present… Read More »
Andy Cash to Appear on CBS
Cash, Krugler & Fredericks partner Andy Cash is scheduled to appear on “CBS This Morning” Monday morning, November 10. Andy flew to New York to be interviewed on elevator safety and what needs to be done to make elevators safe for everyone. After settling a case for the Helvey family, whose son Jacob was… Read More »
Inspection of Rental Home Elevator Could Have Prevented Accident
In our blog “Young Children Sustain the Majority of Elevator Injuries” we wrote about the sad case of 10-year-old Jordan Nelson. The young boy suffered catastrophic injuries in a rental home elevator in Myrtle Beach last Thanksgiving during a family reunion. He is now a quadriplegic and has massive brain damage. Cash, Krugler &… Read More »
Privacy Not a Concern with Black Boxes in Cars
When most of us hear the words “black box” we think about flights that ended in tragedy and a downed airplane. On an airplane, a black box is actually two separate components: a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder. Unless the worst happens, the black box (which is actually bright orange) does… Read More »