The new Mercedes-Benz football stadium has dazzled fans and excited citizens of Atlanta. But, a lawsuit obtained by our FOX 5 I-Team, claims the Falcons should be paying an estimated $26 million dollars per year in property taxes. The Fayetteville attorney who filed the lawsuit says Atlanta Public School kids are missing out on 13 million dollars in taxes a year.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week could clear the way for a lawsuit by three metro Atlanta counties alleging that predatory lending practices by mortage lenders cost them hundreds of millions in lost property taxes and higher expenses in blighted neighborhoods. In a mixed ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said cities can sue banks for alleged predatory lending practices that violate the Fair …
A family said their loved one died in the Atlanta City Jail, where she was being held for a minor crime, and it took hours for anyone to find her. Records show Wickie Bryant was booked into the Atlanta City Detention Center in Sept. 2015 after police arrested her for disorderly conduct. Bryant suffered from schizophrenia and diabetes, …
Fulton County Police spokeswoman Maureen Smith says one person was selling a phone in the 400 blk of Fairburn Rd. in the City of Atlanta when they received a report that the victim was driving from that location to a Wells Fargo bank at 1120 Fairburn Rd. Atlanta in the Fulton County police jurisdiction. Smith says the investigation is active …
Several former Clark Atlanta University professors have sued the school after they claim they were wrongfully terminated during a massive layoff. They have won a portion of the case already but are now asking another jury to help them in recovering their losses. “It’s been a hard journey,” stated former professor Lonzy Lewis.
Angry ITT students and graduates are now fighting back with plans to sue the now defunct tech school. ITT suddenly closed this week in response to a crackdown by the federal government. A large group mostly former ITT students from metro Atlanta are pursuing the class action lawsuit.
A social media app is now the center of a lawsuit after a teen driver’s car crash left another driver with severe injuries. Christal McGee is accused of trying to capture her alleged 100 mile-per-hour speed for a Snapchat post while gunning her father’s Mercedes C230 in Atlanta last December. McGee, who was 18 at the time, crashed into another …