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Protecting Your Rights Against Employment Discrimination, Harassment and Police Brutality

Every United States citizen is guaranteed certain rights and liberties. In addition to fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, Americans also have the right to equal opportunity regardless of their age, race, sex, religion, or disability. Unfortunately, discrimination continues to permeate our workplaces and society as a whole. People in Georgia and across the country continue to be seriously injured and killed when police use excessive force or otherwise violate their civil rights.

If you were injured by police brutality, or you were discriminated against or harassed because of your race, sex, religion, age or disability, you may be entitled to damages. Call us toll free at 1.800.233.4086 or contact us online to discuss your civil rights claim with a nationally recognized lawyer.

As one of the premier law firms in Georgia, Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, has the resources to stand up for people whose civil rights have been violated. We have obtained significant verdicts and settlements in discrimination and harassment cases for people harmed by employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and police brutality and misconduct.

Civil Rights in the Workplace

Our employment law attorneys represent employees in the following types of discrimination and harassment claims:

  • Age discrimination, which is illegal under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  • Racial discrimination, including discrimination based on race, ethnicity or national origin and prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
  • Sex discrimination, including pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment and pay discrimination
  • Disability discrimination and failure to make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Religious discrimination, including preventing employees from practicing their religion
  • Retaliation and wrongful termination, including firing, demotion or other actions against an employee for reporting, objecting to, or refusing to participate in illegal activities

Depending upon the circumstances, possible damages for illegal employment discrimination may include medical and psychological expenses, getting your job back (reinstatement), lost income, loss of benefits, and emotional distress.

Other Violations of Civil Rights

When people are in custody, they are particularly vulnerable to mistreatment. We represent people in the following types of brutality and mistreatment claims:

  • Police beatings
  • Police shootings
  • Unwarranted use of stun guns
  • Prison guard abuse
  • Police brutality
  • Excessive use of force by law enforcement

If you have been discriminated against or your civil rights have been violated, contact our office to schedule a meeting with one of our attorneys.
Success Stories

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

More Verdicts

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.