Practice Areas
Our law practice is limited to civil litigation, dispute resolution and appeals, primarily in the areas of trucking liability, products liability, premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death and insurance. Numerous of the cases we have handled have resulted in total recoveries in excess of one million dollars. Some examples of the types of case we handled successfully for our clients include:
- Numerous tractor-trailer crashes in which occupants of either another vehicle or the large truck itself were killed or seriously injured. In 2005, Mr. Shigley served as chairman of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute. Currently he is on the national board of directors of the American Association for Justice Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, and on the national advisory board of the Association of Plaintiffs' Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.
- Numerous bus accidents involving tour buses, school buses and transit buses. Among those was the crash of a tour bus in Atlanta carrying the Bluffton University baseball team from Ohio to Florida.
- Products liability cases involving defective design or manufacture of automobiles, trucks, tires, lift trucks, and industrial equipment.
- A very large number of automobile crash cases.
- Many cases involving back injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and burns.
- Premises liability cases due to unsafe conditions in commercial properties, swimming pools, apartments, and parking decks.
If you have been injured in an accident caused by another's negligence, contact us today for a free consultation to discuss your legal rights.