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2026-10-27: Shigley Becomes Chair of Largest Section of American Association for Justice
2026-06-04: Georgia Car Accident Claims: What Injured Victims Need to Know
2026-05-26: How a Car Accident Attorney Maximizes Your Settlement
2026-05-26: What to Do in the First 24 Hours After a Car Accident in Atlanta | Johnson & Ward
2026-02-26: Why Jury Verdicts Have Grown: Thoughts from a Seasoned Georgia Trial Lawyer
2025-05-25: 8 Key Problems in Georgia Log Truck Crash Injury and Death Claims
2025-03-10: Choosing the Right Personal Injury Law Firm in Atlanta
2025-01-23: Vagus Nerve Injuries in Car Crashes
2023-12-31: What Is the Time Limit for Making a Claim for Personal Injury or Wrongful Death in Georgia?
2023-12-25: Emory and Uga Rank Among Top Law Schools
2023-12-25: Spinal Cord Injuries: Paralysis, Diagnosis and Surgery (Part 1)
2023-11-29: Post-Concussion Syndrome After Brain Trauma in an Accident
2023-09-17: 10 Things to Do After Injury in an Atlanta Motor Vehicle Accident in 2026
2023-08-24: Hand Fracture Injuries
2023-08-22: Ankle Fracture Injuries
2023-08-22: Leg Amputation Injuries
2023-08-01: Spinal Cord Injuries: Paralysis and Treatment
2023-05-06: Nose Injuries
2023-05-04: Temporomandibular Joint (Tmj) Injuries
2023-05-03: Eye Injuries
2023-05-01: Facial Scar Injuries
2023-04-30: Ear Injuries
2023-04-30: Scalp Avulsion Injuries
2023-04-30: “Minor Brain Injury” Is Often an Oxymoron
2023-02-26: Ankle Fracture Injuries
2022-11-14: C1-C2 Fracture & Spinal Cord Injury
2022-10-13: Foot Drop Due to Traumatic Injury
2022-09-23: Myofascial Pain Injury
2022-07-21: Low Back Fracture Injuries
2022-06-28: Supreme Court Declines Case on Faaaa Immunity for Trucking Companies and Brokers
2022-05-31: Femur Fracture Injuries
2022-03-19: Atlanta Georgia Asbestos and Silica Related Lung Illness Claims
2022-03-14: Femur Fracture Injuries
2022-03-13: Syringomyelia and Chiari Malformation Injuries
2021-08-19: Due to the Unvaccinated, It Is a Terrible Time to Be Badly Injured in Georgia
2021-06-10: 10 Things to Do After a Car Crash
2021-06-10: Legislation Would Adjust Trucking Insurance Requirements Unchanged for 40 Years
2021-06-10: Legislation to Update Insurance Rule for Interstate Trucking
2020-07-15: Shigley Continues on Board of Institute for Continuing Legal Education
2020-07-15: 7 Things You Need to Know About Your Herniated Cervical Disc Injury
2020-04-28: America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys®
2020-04-25: Wrongful Death Claims in Georgia
2020-04-09: Civil Immunity for Covered Countermeasures in Fight Against Covid-19
2020-03-18: How Will the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect Truck Crash Cases?
2020-03-18: How Does the Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency Declaration Affect Truck Crash Cases?
2020-01-09: A Calling to Transform Lives
2019-11-07: What Should You Do When a Family Member Is Badly Injured in Commercial Truck Wreck?
2019-09-23: Log Truck Accidents in Georgia
2019-09-19: Ethylene Oxide Emissions from Sterigenics Plants in Smyrna & Covington Linked to Cancer
2019-08-26: New Blood Test May Aid Rapid Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury
2019-06-20: Ken Shigley Earns Third National Board Certification – in Truck Accident Law
2019-06-14: Confidential Settlements – Bad Secrecy or Good Privacy?
2019-06-10: Tradition of Excellence Award: “The Calling to Become a Virtuous Lawyer”
2019-05-02: Why It Is Important to Immediately Hire a Real Trucking Trial Attorney After a Catastrophic Truck Crash
2019-04-30: Why It Is Important to Immediately Associate a Trucking Litigation Specialist When You Are Called About a Catastrophic Truck Crash
2019-04-26: Death by Decapitation When Big Trucks Park on the Roadside
2019-04-26: Decapitation Risk When Tractor Trailers Park on Roadsides
2019-04-15: When May a Jury Award Damages for a Decedent’s Pain and Suffering Before Death?
2019-03-07: What Is the Law in Georgia on Negligent Entrustment of a Commercial Motor Vehicle?
2019-03-07: What Is the Law in Georgia on Negligent Hiring and Retention of a Truck Driver?
2019-03-06: What Is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Why Does in Matter in Highway Crash Cases?
2019-02-27: Georgia School Bus Injuries and Sovereign Immunity
2018-09-01: Food Poisoning Proof Is Focus of Georgia Supreme Court Decision
2018-08-20: Outgoing Text Messages Admissible in Evidence
2018-08-20: Independent Law Schools Teetering on the Brink
2018-08-17: 4-Year-Old Killed When Driver Reaches for Dropped Cell Phone in Paulding County
2018-08-10: Tractor Trailer Merging from Shoulder in Darkness Kills Motorist on I-95
2018-08-07: Overcoming the Independent Contractor Defense
2018-08-06: Four Big Rig Pileup Kills Woman on I-285 Near Camp Creek Parkway Exit
2018-08-06: California Trucker Killed Sideswiping Truck Parked Overnight on Shoulder of I-16
2018-08-04: Fatality and Burn Injury in Truck Crash on I-95 at Richmond Hill, Georgia
2018-07-30: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Sides with Insurance Company on “Examination Under Oath”
2018-04-13: Avvo 10. 0 Rating
2018-02-17: Meet Ken Shigley, Candidate for Georgia Court of Appeals
2017-09-15: Intermodal Container Truck Crash Does Not Create “Federal Question” Jurisdiction Under the Shipping Act of 1984
2017-08-17: Diplomate of National College of Advocacy Is Not Just Another “Certificate Suitable for Framing. ”
2017-06-17: Tasks of Mourning After Death of a Family Member
2016-10-15: Truck-Bus Crash in Gilmer County Highlights Safety Hazards
2016-08-31: What to Do If You Are Directly Solicited for a Lawyer After a Crash
2016-08-31: Tv Law Firm “Settlement Mills” Blasted in Legal Ethics Journal
2016-08-30: 16 Ways to Overcome the Independent Contractor Defense
2016-08-29: Negligent Maintenance Issues in Truck Crash Litigation
2016-08-28: Venue Choices for Georgia Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits
2016-08-27: Choosing a Law School in Georgia
2016-08-23: Child Death in Day Care Van – Uninsured Child Care & Sovereign Immunity for Negligent Licensing
2016-08-20: Strict Notice Requirement of Georgia Tort Claims Act Is Trap Door for the Unwary
2016-08-20: Statute of Limitation Tolled for Crime in Tort Suit Against Other Parties Even If Criminal Never Prosecuted
2016-08-13: A Year of Bright Ideas in Advocacy
2016-08-01: Venue Options Broaden for Georgia State Tort Claims Cases
2016-07-12: Virtuous Lawyer Is Not an Oxymoron
2016-07-08: A Lawyer’s Calling
2016-07-07: A Foolproof Way to Avoid Leaving a Child in a Hot Car
2016-07-05: What Is Mediation and Why Do Judges Insist Upon It?
2016-06-17: Truck Drivers Indicted in Two Separate 5-Fatality 2015 Crashes on I-16 in Georgia
2016-06-09: Georgia Truck Driver Kills 3 on Icy Road in Vermont
2016-06-08: 10 Social Media Instructions for Injured People
2016-05-28: Books for Trial Lawyers: Chancellorsville 1863
2016-03-14: What Are the Main Causes of Large Truck Crashes?
2016-02-20: Governor Deal’s Legacy to the Georgia Judicial System
2016-02-20: “Can an Uninsured Motorist Insurance Claim Affect My Insurance Rates?”
2016-02-15: The Passing of Justice Scalia and the Premature Debate About His Successor
2016-01-04: Puzzling Stall of Federal Judgeship Nomination in Georgia
2016-01-04: Trucking Safety Measurement System Falls to Industry Lobbying
2015-10-07: Comcast Truck Kills Man in Cherokee County
2015-10-03: Georgia State Patrol Fires Trooper Who Killed 2 Teens in Crash
2015-10-02: Tractor Trailer U-Turn in Dark or Fog Is Deadly
2015-09-28: Explosion of Video Evidence in Injury and Death Cases
2015-09-23: Burrito-Eating Bus Driver – Food as Dangerous Driver Distraction
2015-09-09: Gps Fatal Distraction
2015-09-04: Legal Alchemy? Turning Lead into Gold by Finding Adequate Insurance
2015-09-02: Parents of Juvenile Home Invaders May Be Ordered to Pay $60,000 of Medical Costs from Home Invasion Shooting
2015-08-30: Expand Available Insurance Coverage by Creatively Thinking Outside the Box
2015-08-27: “Won’t Take Me Down” – Living with Chronic Pain
2015-08-06: Why Does It Matter If Your Tractor Trailer Crash Involves Intermodal Container Freight?
2015-08-04: What Is the “Full Value of Life” in Georgia Wrongful Death Law?
2015-08-02: 4 Advantages of Contingent Attorney Fees
2015-07-30: Touch at Trial – Jurors Lay Hands on Injured Plaintiff
2015-07-30: “Mild” Brain Injury Increases Risk of Death Within 15 Years
2015-07-27: Russians in Florida Face Federal Criminal Charges for Selling Commercial Drivers Licenses to Unqualified Immigrants
2015-07-27: How You Can Be Hurt If Your Medical Id Is Stolen
2015-07-24: Shigley Leads Section of American Association for Justice
2015-06-23: NHTSA Requires Electronic Stability Control in Large Trucks
2015-06-03: Truckers Operating from Port of Savannah Protest Unsafe Conditions
2015-06-02: Truck Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs
2015-06-02: Driving Tractor Trailers Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol
2015-05-28: International Roadcheck 2015
2015-05-12: Why Would a Concrete Mixer Truck Flip Over on Mayor/Ambassador Andrew Young?
2015-04-24: Victims’ Families Need Time to Grieve, Should Report Ambulance Chasers
2015-04-23: When Eagles Weep. Five Georgia Southern Nursing Students Killed by Tractor Trailer on I-16
2015-03-25: Inadequate Security Can Lead to Unsafe Premises
2015-03-25: What Are the Time Limits on Injury and Death Claims in Georgia?
2015-03-24: Credit Reporting Agencies Agree to Change Reporting of Unpaid Medical Bills
2015-03-23: Georgia May Give More Teeth to Uninsured Motorist Insurance Law
2015-03-10: What to Do If Your Car Breaks Down on the Expressway at Night
2015-02-26: Coweta County Non-Emergency Ambulance Crash Kills Patient
2015-02-26: “Extreme Caution” Safety Rule Requires Truckers to Slow Down or Crawl on Icy Roads
2015-01-28: What Are Unintended Safety Consequences of Cutting Health Insurance Benefits for School Bus Drivers?
2015-01-19: Georgia Jury Verdicts on a Roll in 2015
2014-11-20: When Is the Fine Print Too Fine?
2014-11-18: Airbag Defect Leads to Massive Recall
2014-11-05: Autumn Stirs Sweet Memories
2014-11-04: The Importance of Creativity
2014-10-24: Paralyzed Man Can Walk Again Thanks to Cell Transplant
2014-10-24: Ships, Trains, Trucks and Big Boxes — the Complexity of Intermodal Freight
2014-10-02: 3d Printing Is Latest Advance in Vertebra Replacement
2014-10-01: New App Guards Against Texting and Driving
2014-08-08: Fatal Wal-Mart Truck Crash Case in Nj Case Moving Forward
2014-08-07: Inflation Adjustment of Interstate Truck and Bus Insurance Moving Forward
2014-08-07: Inflation Adjustment of Interstate Truck and Bus Insurance Moving Forward
2014-08-05: Fmcsa Should Require Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage for Truck Drivers
2014-08-01: Pickup Driver Dies in I-20 Early Morning Crash in Dekalb County, Striking Tractor Trailer Stalled in Traffic Lane
2014-08-01: What Is a Chameleon Trucking Company and How Does It Keep Doing Dangerous Stuff?
2014-07-28: Blood Alcohol Scores After Death Can Be “False Positive” up to 0. 20
2014-07-21: The Challenges of a Long Haul Trucker: Another 4 Am Spaghetti Junction Truck Crash
2014-07-18: Summer Break: Shigley’s Swimming Hole in Alabama
2014-06-27: 9 Tips to Prevent Child Heat Stroke
2014-06-23: Olympic Swimming Champ Paralyzed After Suffering Spinal Cord Injury in ATV Accident
2014-06-19: “Move or Get Hit” Reported on Wal-Mart Truck Driver’s Twitter Profile After Fatal Crash
2014-06-18: Georgia Supreme Court Holds That Plaintiffs’ Attorney Fees Under O.c.g.a. § 9-11-68 Can’t Be Based Solely on Contingent Fee Agreement
2014-06-17: The Supreme Court of Georgia Quoted Ken Shigley in a Unanimous Decision Released This Week.
2014-06-17: 4 Injured in Atlanta Hotel Airport Shuttle Van Crash
2014-06-17: Gm Recalls 3. 16 Million Vehicles, Including Every Camaro Built Since 2010
2014-06-16: Log Truck Jackknifes in Summerville, Strikes Oncoming Car on Friday the 13th
2014-06-10: Georgia Wal-Mart Truck Driver Awake 24 Hours, Kills Comedian in Nj
2014-06-04: Remember Pool Safety This Summer
2014-06-03: Memorial Day BUI Arrests Decrease This Year
2014-05-30: Will Insurance Minimums for Interstate Trucks and Buses Increase to Cover Three Decades of Inflation?
2014-05-30: 17 Georgia Traffic Fatalities During Georgia Memorial Day Weekend
2014-05-19: The Latest General Motors Recall
2014-04-17: When Do Social Media Posts Violate Employees’ Non-Solicitation Provisions?
2014-04-11: Fiery Crash as Fedex Truck Jumps Median into Bus Load of Students: 10 Dead, 37 Injured
2014-04-09: Can Electronic Truck Driver Logs Be Cheated?
2014-04-09: New Georgia Law Seeks Crack-Down on Use of “Runners” to Solicit Injury Victims
2014-04-03: Does the Gm Ignition Defect Cover-up Fit Within the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act Provisions for Treble Damages, Exemplary Damages and Attorney Fee Awards?
2014-04-02: What Should Georgia’s Court System Look Like in 20 Years?
2014-03-31: General Motors Recalls Over 2. 6 Million Vehicles Due to Potentially Fatal Ignition Switch Defect
2014-03-28: When Truck Drivers Are Hurt by Other Drivers in Georgia, Check Uninsured Motorist Coverage on the Truck
2014-03-25: Cracking Down on Distracted Driving
2014-03-24: NHTSA Smart Key Compliance
2014-03-18: Brooklyn – Doraville Bus Unsafe Driving Record Crashes in Virginia
2014-03-10: Shigley Law, LLC Welcomes David Nissenberg
2014-02-25: Will New Program Protect Your Family Against Impaired Truck Drivers?
2014-02-25: Will New Program Protect Your Family Against Impaired Truck Drivers?
2014-02-12: What Does a “State of Emergency” Mean in Georgia Law?
2014-02-04: “Country Boys (and Girls) Will Survive”: How to Prepare for the Next Atlanta Snowjam
2014-02-03: Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries Should Be Assessed for Sleep Apnea
2014-01-30: How Did Tractor Trailers Contribute to the Mess in Atlanta’s #Snowjam2014?
2014-01-27: Is Omega 3 Fish Oil Effective as Part of Brain Injury Treatment?
2014-01-24: 4 Major Georgia Tractor Trailer Accidents This Week
2014-01-23: After Traumatic Brain Injury, Risk of Premature Death Triples
2014-01-22: Can Jurors Be Struck Due to Sexual Orientation?
2014-01-20: Teen Concussions Raise Risk for Depression
2014-01-10: Are Comatose Patients Aware of People and Conversations?
2014-01-08: 6 Tips for Space Heaters in Freezing Weather
2014-01-03: 10 Resolutions for Trial Lawyers in 2014
2013-12-31: Our Top 11 Blog Posts of 2013
2013-12-18: Tire Failure Blamed for Fatal Crash in Henry County
2013-12-16: $281 Million Verdict When Drive Shaft Flies off Truck, Kills Driver of Following Vehicle
2013-12-13: $80 Million Verdict for Cement Truck Crash Death in New Mexico
2013-12-11: Car Seat Law Changes in 2014: Are You Prepared?
2013-12-10: Vehicle “Black Box” Data in Motor Vehicle Collision Cases
2013-12-04: Henry County Is No Longer Where Lawsuits Go to Die
2013-12-04: Prison Sentence for “Boating Under the Influence” Fatality on Lake Lanier
2013-12-04: Car Seat Law Changes in 2014
2013-12-02: How to Get Another Driver’s Cell Phone Records
2013-11-13: Diy: Prosthetics? How One Dad Saved $20,000
2013-11-06: Georgia Ranked #1 in Business Climate
2013-10-23: Good Truck Drivers Sound off About Rogue Trucking Companies Pushing Them to Break the Law
2013-10-23: What Sleep Deprivation Does to the Brain
2013-10-18: Congress Requires Fmcsa to Set Rules on Sleep Apnea Testing and Treatment for Truck Drivers
2013-10-18: Jury Can Decide If Er Malpractice Was Under “Gross Negligence” or “Ordinary Negligence” Standard
2013-10-01: Motor Carrier Safety Rules Apply Even to Many Smaller Commercial Vehicles
2013-09-23: National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
2013-09-17: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Constitution of the United States!”
2013-09-16: 5 Changes in Dsm-5 That Could Affect Your Personal Injury Case
2013-08-14: Georgia Opens Door to Better Uninsured Motorist Coverage Amounts for Truck Drivers
2013-08-12: Rest Breaks for Truckers Upheld in Latest Round of Long Battle on Truck Driver Fatigue Rules
2013-08-08: What Every Parent Should Know About School Bus Safety
2013-08-02: 30 Minute Rest Break Requirement During 11-Hour Truck Driving Shift Creates Controversy
2013-08-01: 4 Important Steps When Your Child Has a Concussion
2013-07-24: 9 Key Tips for Swimming Pool Safety
2013-07-18: Marine Afghanistan Veteran Killed by Tractor-Trailer in Albany
2013-07-15: 12 Exciting Advances in Bionic Limbs for Amputees
2013-07-12: 10 Practical Tips for Bike Safety
2013-07-11: Hit and Run by Tractor Trailer Kills Woman in Gwinnett
2013-07-09: 7 Tips for Lawyers Handling a Minors’ Personal Injury Settlement
2013-07-08: Shigley Law Welcomes Two New Staff Members
2013-06-27: Georgia “Direct Action” Law Allows Suit Against Insurers in Both Interstate and Intrastate Trucking Cases
2013-06-27: Shigley Completes14 Years in State Bar of Georgia Leadership Roles
2013-06-06: 3 Killed in South Georgia Ambulance – Tractor Trailer Crash
2013-06-06: Georgia Cracks Down on Boating Under the Influence
2013-05-28: Airport Hotel Shuttle Collision with Tractor Trailer
2013-05-28: Shigley Named Trustee of Institute for Continuing Judicial Education
2013-04-20: Amputation Survivors Who Inspire US
2013-04-01: Caffeine Reduces Accident Risk in Truck Drivers
2013-03-29: Legislature Quickly Overturns Supreme Court Decision, Barring Assignment of Legal Malpractice Claims
2013-03-28: What Are the Duties of a Commercial Truck Driver?
2013-03-28: What Are the Qualifications for a Tractor Trailer Driver?
2013-03-20: How Do You Handle Fees and Expenses in a Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Case?
2013-03-19: Lawyer Disciplined for Online Comment About Ex-Client
2013-03-19: Georgia Supreme Court Holds Legal Malpractice Claims May Be Assignable
2013-02-22: What Is the Time Limit to Make a Claim for Injury or Death Against a City Government in Georgia?
2013-02-21: What Is the Time Limit for Making an Injury or Death Claim Against Georgia State Government?
2013-01-01: 12 Things You Should Know in Case of a Car Wreck
2012-12-21: Legislation Passes US House to Rein in Worst Problems with Medicare Reimbursment Bureaucracy
2012-12-21: Deck Collapse Cases Require Proof of Cause, Knowledge
2012-12-17: Mind Control of Robotic Arm for Quadriplegic
2012-12-11: Hearsay Rule Change in New Georgia Evidence Code
2012-11-16: GA Court of Appeals Cracks Open Door to Evidence of Amount of Settlements for Prior Accidents
2012-11-16: Attorney Fee Award Under § 13-6-11 Is Question of Fact, Not Merely Question of Law
2012-09-14: Gov. Deal Forming Teen Drivers Advisory Panel
2012-08-30: Where Can the Victim of an Interstate Truck or Bus Crash File Suit?
2012-08-30: Truck Wrecks – What Is a Commercial Motor Vehicle Subject to Truck and Bus Safety Rules?
2012-08-30: Why It Is Important to Act Quickly After a Catastrophic Tractor Trailer Crash
2012-08-21: Key Georgia Legislator Tells Tort Reform Advocates to Go Slowly and Work Toward Consensus
2012-08-17: Injury Claims Against Cruise Ship Lines Must Be Filed in Court Within One Year
2012-08-10: State Bar President’s “Swan Song” – End of Year Report
2012-08-09: Does Georgia Really Need More Than Five “Loser Pays” Rules?
2012-08-08: Georgia “Loser Pays” Rule # 5 – Bad Faith, Stubborn Litigiousness, Undue Trouble and Expense
2012-08-08: Georgia’s “Loser Pays” Rule # 4 – Tort Claim for Abusive Litigation
2012-08-08: Georgia “Loser Pays” Rule #3 – Fee Awards for No Justiciable Issue, Delay or Harassment
2012-08-07: Georgia “Loser Pays” Tort Reform Rule #2 – Frivolous Claim or Defense
2012-08-06: “Loser Pays” Tort Reform? Georgia Already Has Offer of Judgment Rule
2012-08-06: Bankruptcy Is a Bad Idea for Personal Injury Plaintiffs
2012-07-25: Congratulations to 3 New Appellate Judges in Georgia
2012-07-19: Apportionment of Fault Presents Advocacy Challenge to Lawyers for Innocent Victims
2012-07-14: Garbage Hauler’s Poor Maintenance Leads to Death of 8 Year Old, Loss of Mom’s Arm
2012-07-13: Abco Transportation’s Record of Unsafe Driving Violations Culminates in Deaths of Two Autotrader.com Employees, Injuries to Four Others
2012-07-13: Truck Crash on Thornton Road Kills 2 Autotrader.com Co-Workers, Injures 4 Others
2012-07-02: Uncertain Progress Toward Electronic Trucking Logs
2012-06-29: Death Without Warning in the Early Morning
2012-06-25: Nj Suit by Spectator Against Little League Baseball Player Would Be Tossed Out by Georgia Courts
2012-06-19: Incompetent Plaintiff Can Be in Courtroom Through All of Trial, but Is It a Good Idea?
2012-06-18: Children and Swimming Pool Tragedies
2012-06-16: Truck Crash in Heavy Rain May Show Failure to Exercise “Extreme Caution” as Required by Trucking Safety Rules
2012-06-15: 8 Year Time Limit Applies to Road Design Claims in Georgia
2012-06-15: In Negligent Security Cases Plaintiff Must Prove That Security Was Actually Negligent
2012-06-14: Double Amputee Triathlete Scott Rigsby to Help Aimee Copeland Who Lost Limbs to Necrotizing Fasciitis
2012-06-14: Video Interview: Discussing My Time as President of the State Bar of Georgia with Lxbn Tv
2012-06-04: A Trap Door in Georgia Renewal Actions for Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage
2012-06-04: Herniated Cervical Disc Injuries
2012-06-03: Reflections on the Unexpected Privilege of the State Bar Presidency
2012-05-28: Tractor Trailer Crashes & Overturns on Freeway Ramp in Alabama
2012-05-28: Tractor Trailer Speed in Curve Cause of Woman’s Death
2012-05-28: Is Failure of Er to Treat with Antibiotics Leg Gash in River “Gross Negligence” in Georgia?
2012-04-09: Trucker Charged with Vehicular Homicide for I-985 Deaths
2012-04-06: 2 Killed When Rearended by Box Truck on I-985
2012-03-25: Grady Emt, Going Home from Work on Motorcycle, Killed by DUI Driver on I-20 in Douglas County
2012-03-21: The Learning Curve of a Bar President
2012-03-21: News Stories About Lawyers Filing a “$10 Million Lawsuit”
2012-03-19: U. S. Senate Passes Bill to Improve Tour Bus Safety
2012-03-14: Independent Courts as Economic Infrastructure
2012-03-14: “Tough on Crime, Smart on Crime”
2012-03-14: Only 81 Days Remain as State Bar President
2012-01-30: Georgia Passes Law to Streamline Interstate Discovery
2012-01-30: Georgia Passes Uniform Interstate Discovery and Depositions Act
2011-12-30: Fmcsa Bar Use of Hand Held Cell Phones by Commercial Truck Drivers
2011-12-30: Truck Driving Hours Trimmed Just a Little
2011-12-20: 8. 7% Increase in Trucking Fatalities
2011-12-20: Tough on Crime, Smart on Crime
2011-12-19: 40 Productive Years After Quadriplegia
2011-11-15: Hit & Run Tractor Trailer Causes Fatal Wreck on I-285
2011-11-13: Truck Driver Class Actions Spreading
2011-10-31: More Colorful Ribbons. . .
2011-10-17: Virtuous Lawyer Is Not an Oxymoron
2011-10-12: Forced Exercise May Help Brain Rehab
2011-10-11: Teresa Roseborough New General Counsel at Home Depot
2011-10-10: Article Portrays Reality of Traumatic Brain Injury
2011-09-30: Illinois Law Upgrades Gps Information on Safe Truck Routes
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Video Recording of Depositions
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Propose Stipulation That Attorneys Can Issue Deposition Subpoenas
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Draft Jury Instructions Early
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Field Investigation
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Social Media
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Invest in the Interview
2011-09-30: Trial Preparation – Begin with the End in View.
2011-09-30: Struggling with Rules on When Public Defenders Can Represent Co-Defendants
2011-09-30: A Truck Wreck Lawyer Faces the ‘Truck Wreck’ of the Judicial System After Years of Court Budget Cuts
2011-09-30: Stewardship, Calling and Love
2011-09-30: A Lawyer’s Calling
2011-08-02: Log and Pulpwood Truck Accidents in Georgia
2011-08-02: Ntsb Recommends Truck Stability Control Rule
2011-08-02: Truck-Only Lanes Cut from Metro Atlanta Transportation Plans
2011-08-02: On I-85 in Anderson County, Sc, Georgia Truck Driver Apparently Falls Asleep, Kills Self and 2 Others
2011-07-30: $25 Million Total Settlement in Bluffton Bus Crash Cases
2011-07-17: Top 100 Public Motor Carriers in the US
2011-07-17: Top 100 Private Carriers Are a Major Part of US Trucking
2011-07-17: Impaired Tractor Trailer Driver Fails to Slow Before Crashing into Slowed Vehicle in Nc, Kills One
2011-07-06: US Agrees to Allow Mexican Tractor Trailers to Operate Here
2011-07-05: Innkeeper in Georgia Has No Legal Duty to Check on Health of Guest
2011-07-05: When Drunk Bought 12 Pack, Then Killed 6, Convenience Store Accountable Under Georgia Dram Shop Law
2011-07-05: New Georgia Bicycle Safety Law in Effect, but Bicycle Rider Killed in Sandy Springs
2011-07-04: Truck Mounted Hydraulic Lift Causes Bridge Collapse
2011-07-04: Truck Driver Fueling Rig Suffers Severe Burn Injuries
2011-07-01: Pit Bull Attack Nets $700k Judgment in Douglas County, GA
2011-05-26: Top Ten Factors in Driver History to Predict Truck Wrecks
2011-05-18: Highway Link to Port of Savannah Would Help Safety
2011-05-17: 20% Contingent Fee for Early Resolution Cases
2011-05-17: Governor Deal Appoints Ken Shigley to Criminal Justice Reform Council
2011-05-13: Ohio Supreme Court Rules That Bluffton University Baseball Team Members in Bus Crash Can Reach School’s Liability Coverage
2011-05-11: Safe Roads Act Would Require Trucker Drug Test Database
2011-05-10: Feds Propose Ban on Handheld Cellphone Use by Hazmat Truck Drivers
2011-05-09: Traumatic Brain Injury Prevalent Among Prisoners
2011-05-09: 5% of Commercial Truck Drivers Involved in Majority of Driver Distraction Events
2011-05-08: Trucking Safety Practices Changing Under Comprehensive Safety Analysis (Csa)
2011-05-02: Credible Accident Reconstruction Testimony Is Often Important
2011-04-26: Hours of Service Battles Go on … and on and On
2011-04-25: Electronic Truck Driver Logs Slowly Making Headway
2011-04-25: Young Bride Killed by Tractor Trailer on I-285, Groom Hospitalized
2011-04-24: Tractor Trailer Kills Bride, Injures Groom, on I-285
2011-04-14: Georgia Evidence Code Passes After 25 Years
2011-02-23: 14 Points About Tire Safety to Avoid Rolling Over and Dying
2011-02-22: Should All Convicted Drunk Drivers Be Required to Pay for Ignition Interlocks as Condition of Probation?
2011-02-20: Inkjet Printer Technique May Replace Grafting for Burn Injuries
2011-02-20: New App for Apple Fights Driver Fatigue
2011-02-20: Syringomyelia – a Less Common Form of Spinal Cord Injury
2011-02-20: Deposition Preparation Video Online
2011-02-17: The Economics of Independent Owner Operators in Today’s Trucking Environment
2011-02-17: Judge Emerson Allows Trial Testimony by Skype in Criminal Prosecution of Texas Truck Driver
2011-02-16: Douglasville Toddler Killed by Indiana Trucker on I-75
2011-02-13: Adult & Toddler in Critical Condition After Struck by Tractor Trailer on I-75 in Cobb
2011-02-10: Spinal Cord Injury Video Goes Viral
2011-02-10: Trucking Accident Statistics Highlight Dangers on Highways
2011-02-10: Publication of Trucking Safety Data Cleared by DC Circuit Court of Appeals
2011-02-10: Federal Court Clears Publication of Trucking Safety Data
2011-02-09: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Sets Listening Sessions on Proposed Hours of Service Rule Change
2011-02-07: Truck Safety Coaliation Works for Safer Highways
2011-02-06: Interstate Trucking Remains Dangerous — for Motorists and Truckers Alike
2011-02-06: Trucking Litigation Video Becomes Viral?
2011-02-06: Cancer Drug Taxol May Be Useful in Severe Spinal Cord Injuries
2011-02-04: Federal Trucking Safety Agency Proposes Rule on Electronic on-Board Recorders
2011-01-21: True Constitutional Conservatives Hold 7th Amendment Right to Jury Trial Sacred
2011-01-13: Fastcase Is New Free Legal Research Benefit for Georgia Bar Members
2011-01-13: Atlanta’s Snow Storm Traffic Problems Mostly Tractor Trailers
2010-12-23: Hours of Service Rules Changes Proposed
2010-12-07: Hours of Service Rule Revisions Behind Schedule
2010-12-05: Woman Killed Drivng Under Rear of Tractor Trailer Stopped in Traffic Lane on I-285
2010-12-03: Remarks to New Georgia Lawyers
2010-11-24: Georgia DOT Considers Three New Intersection Designs
2010-11-23: “Vision Zero” in Sweden Seeks Elimination of Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries by 2020
2010-11-21: Burn Survivor Experiences
2010-11-21: Truck Driver Health Issues Shorten Life Expectancy 16 Years
2010-11-19: Quadriplegic Congressman Re-Elected
2010-11-19: Rainy Day Brings 3 Tractor Trailer Wrecks on Atlanta Expressways
2010-11-18: Unsafe “Chameleon” Trucking Companies Still Slip Through the Cracks at Fmcsa
2010-11-18: Alabama Quadriplegic Graduate Student Fights for Right to Live at Home
2010-11-18: Quadriplegic Farmer Designs Wheelchair Accessible Tractor
2010-11-02: Trucking Industry Backs Legislation to Hide Any Truth That Hurts Them in Electronic on Board Recorders
2010-10-31: Trucking Safety Impaired by Inadequate Control of Medical Certification Process
2010-10-26: California Injury Lawyer Blog
2010-10-06: Student Killed in School Bus Wreck Died Saving Others; Trainee Driver Was Not Certified
2010-10-04: Student Killed in Carroll County School Bus Rollover
2010-09-27: Understanding Common Problems in Medical Testimony in Injury Cases
2010-09-23: Sod Truck Crash Kills One in Canton, Brake Failure Suspected
2010-09-21: DUI in Bmw Kills Woman in Atlanta, Freed on Bond
2010-09-14: Trucking Safety Reviews May Be Tough on Insurers
2010-09-07: Russian Truckers on America’s Roads
2010-09-07: How Would Proposal to “Super Size” Tractor Trailer Rigs Affect Safety for the Rest of US?
2010-08-24: Tire Tread Separation Blamed for Death on I-20 in Douglas County
2010-08-24: Feds Question Jeep Gas Tank Safety
2010-08-20: Researchers Find Possible Path to Regeneration of Injured Spinal Cords
2010-08-19: Accutane on Trial for Causing Loss of Colon Due to Crohn’s
2010-08-18: Ms. Wheelchair America
2010-08-17: Concussion Syndrome May Mimic Lou Gehrig’s Disease
2010-08-11: Sam Olens Wins Republican Primary Runoff for Attorney General
2010-08-11: Atlanta Taxi Death Case Underscores Scandal of Our Taxi Fleet
2010-08-10: Georgians Injured in Michigan May Have Second Chance to Recover Damages
2010-07-29: Trucking Hours of Service Rule May Change Again
2010-07-29: “Take Me to Grady” – Trauma Center Care Reduces Rate of Paralysis After Spinal Cord Injury
2010-07-28: Spinal Cord Injury Treatments Suggested in Recent Research
2010-07-27: Mv-1 Is First Factory Built Car for Wheelchair Access
2010-07-27: Roadcheck 2010 Shows Truckers Still Faking Paper Logs
2010-07-15: Spinal Cord & Brain Injuries – Shepherd to Host North American Neurorehabilitation Symposium
2010-07-14: Apportionment of Damages Statute Misconstrued to Detriment of Injured Georgians
2010-07-14: Woman Shot to Death in Buckhead Apartment Building
2010-07-14: Tractor Trailer Driver from Texas Arrested for Death of Woman on I-285
2010-07-13: Texas Trucker Arrested for Death of Woman on I-285 in Sandy Springs
2010-07-13: Bp Suit Filed by Georgia Owners of Florida Property
2010-07-13: Attacks on Tort Responsibility May Have Less Political Traction in Light of Bp Oil Spill
2010-07-12: Are Personal Injury Damages Taxable, and What Does Dennis Rodman Have to Do with It?
2010-07-12: Victims of Drunk Driving Can Seek Justice in Civil Lawsuits
2010-07-12: Near Drowning Incidents in Pools Are Still Too Common
2010-06-25: Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010
2010-05-31: Eulogy for My Father
2010-05-18: Dual Trailer Big Rig Hydroplanes, Flips Hazmat Load, on I-95 Near Savannah
2010-05-13: Medicare Reimbursement System Clogs Settlements for Injured Seniors
2010-05-11: Fred Orr, Rip
2010-05-11: Truck Driver Fatigue Still a Major Cause of Tractor Trailer Wrecks
2010-05-11: Five Common Sense Ideas for Reducing the Risk of Truck Driver Fatigue
2010-05-09: Truck Speed Discussion on Youtube Video
2010-05-09: Trucking Safety Issues Addressed by Fmcsa Director
2010-05-09: My Book Is Out — Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation & Practice
2010-05-09: Elected
2010-05-08: Atlanta May Get World Class Spinal Cord Injury Center
2010-05-08: Douglas County Motorcyclist Killed by DUI Driver Who Lost Trailer
2010-05-07: DUI Tractor Trailer Driver Kills Teen in Wv
2010-05-07: Tractors Trailers Loaded with Copper Stolen, Reminds Me of My Prosecution Days
2010-05-07: Greyhound Bus Runs off I-16 into Ditch
2010-05-06: Tractor Trailer Theft Ring Busted
2010-05-06: Tractor Trailer Driver on Cell Phone Before Crash That Killed Eleven
2010-05-05: Georgia Bans Text Messaging While Driving
2010-05-05: Spinal Cord Injury Client Completes Year as Ms. Wheelchair California
2010-04-24: New CDC Guidelines for Treatment of “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injuries
2010-04-23: Airbag Deploys Spontaneously, Cuts Driver’s Carotid Artery
2010-04-23: Henry County Police Officer Killed on Way to Work
2010-04-23: Carpet Mill Worker Injured Falling into Tufting Machine
2010-04-18: Proposal for $10 Tag Fee to Fund Trauma Centers
2010-04-13: Tractor Trailer Hits 2 Cars, Crosses Center Line, Kills Woman in Baldwin County
2010-04-10: 18 Wheeler Kills Motorist on I-20 in Sc Near North Augusta
2010-04-06: Two Truck Crashes in Augusta, GA to Start Master’s Week
2010-04-01: Rear Underride Fatal When Commuter Strikes Disabled Tractor Trailer in Freeway Traffic Lane
2010-03-31: Mennonite Family Killed in Kentucky Truck Accident – Company Had Unsatisfactory Safety Rating
2010-03-31: Tractor Trailer Cabs Have Fatal Lack of Rollover Protection
2010-03-23: Georgia Supreme Court Holds Damages Cap Unconstitutional
2010-02-02: “When the Trucking Company Goes Under” Article Published in Trial Magazine
2010-02-01: Proposed Georgia Legislation to Crack Down on Texting While Driving
2010-01-26: Texting by Truckers Banned
2010-01-11: Comment from a Truck Driver Who Is Coerced to Break the Law
2010-01-08: A Remarkably Blessed Family in Truck Wreck
2010-01-06: Intoxicated Truck Driver from Texas Kills Michigan Woman on I-75 Overpass at Perry, Georgia
2010-01-06: Savannah Area Log Truck Accident Kills Pedestrian
2010-01-06: Laptop Computer Use While Driving Big Rig Suspected in Ny Wreck That Killed Young Mom
2010-01-05: Charlotte Crash Highlights Rule That Tractor Trailer Drivers When Stopped Must Put Out Reflective Triangles or Flares
2010-01-03: Beware of Law Firms Not Licensed in Georgia but Advertising for Georgia Cases
2010-01-02: Remembering the Purposes of the Bar
2009-12-31: Lawyers Who Directly Solicit Accident Victims Are Subject to Disbarment
2009-12-29: Pittsburgh 3-Year-Old Killed by Speeding Tractor Trailer on I-95 in Georgia
2009-12-23: Georgia Personal Injury Practice Book Manuscript Completed
2009-12-21: Ford Explorer Rollover After Tire Failure Kills Two on I-20 in Metro Atlanta
2009-12-19: Container Freight Equipment Safety Rules Go into Effect
2009-12-18: Top 5 Predictions for Motor Carrier Safety in 2010
2009-12-18: Atlanta Bus Crash Tragedy Leading to New Standards for Road Signs and Bus Safety
2009-12-17: “Defriending” on Facebook My Real-World Friends Who Happen to Be Judges
2009-12-17: How to Tell Motor Carriers to Preserve Evidence After a Truck Crash
2009-12-17: “One Call That’s All?” Personal Injury “Settlement Mills” Blasted in Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
2009-12-16: Genetic Treatment May Give Hope for Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
2009-12-16: Shanghai to Chattanooga, Rotterdam to Columbus
2009-12-16: Trucking Company Owner, Driver and Repair Facility Owner Guilty of Criminal Charges in Fatal Pa Truck Crash
2009-12-16: Motor Carrier Employee Protections
2009-12-16: J. B. Hunt Tractor Trailer Runs Stop Sign, Hits Family Van in Spalding County, Georgia
2009-12-16: Truck Stop Casinos
2009-12-16: Witnessed Fiery Truck Crash in New Mexico
2009-12-05: 4,000 Years of “Tort Reform”
2009-12-04: Grady Burn Center Gets Important Upgrade
2009-12-04: “Hard Times in Trucking Litigation” Article to Be Published in Trial Magazine
2009-11-20: Spinal Cord Injury May Be Helped by New Drug
2009-11-19: Container Freight Truck Crash Liability
2009-11-10: Justice for Truck Drivers Who Refuse to Violate the Law
2009-10-31: Bus Crashes & Overturns on I-75 with Morehouse College Band
2009-10-31: Candidate for President-Elect of State Bar of Georgia
2009-10-25: Hahira Woman Killed in Side Underride Crash When Ohio Trucker Runs Stop Sign
2009-10-04: Truckers Chapel at Truck Stop on I-75 South of Atlanta
2009-09-29: Georgia Supreme Court Holds That Defendant’s Delay in Resolving Traffic Charges Extends Plaintiff’s Time to File Suit
2009-09-26: Cincinnati Personal Injury Law Blog
2009-09-26: Truck Driver Distraction Is Target of Petition to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2009-09-26: $5,830,000 Verdict in Atlanta Against Drunk Driver Who Killed Young Mom
2009-09-24: 7 Injured When Speeding Truck Crashed on I-24 in Dade County, Georgia
2009-09-24: Trucking Safety Agency Nominee Grilled in Senate Hearing
2009-09-23: Nominee for Fmcsa Chief Blasted in New York Times
2009-09-21: $50 Million Verdict Today for Trucking Brain Injury Case in California
2009-09-19: Tree Trimming Bucket Truck Kills 3 Members of Family in Walker County, Georgia
2009-09-19: $25 Million Verdict for Paraplegic in Chicago
2009-09-18: Video of Supreme Court Arguments on Georgia Medical Malpractice Caps
2009-09-17: Trucking Companies Must Require Employees to Follow the Rules
2009-09-17: Stem Cell Treatment to Regenerate Damaged Intervertebal Discs?
2009-09-17: Some Legal Dangers of Online Activity
2009-09-16: Tire Defect Causes Crash, Kills 6, Paralyzes 1, Jury Awards $12 Million
2009-09-16: Atlanta School Bus Runs Over & Kills Kindergartner
2009-09-16: Georgia Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Constitutionality Argued in Supreme Court
2009-09-15: Role of Punitive Damage Claims in Commercial Truck Crash Cases in Georgia
2009-08-07: Trucking Companies Responsible for Making Sure Employees Follow Safety Rules
2009-08-06: Ignorance of Trucking Rules Is No Excuse
2009-08-05: Causal Link Between Violation of Trucking Safety Rules and Truck Crashes
2009-08-04: History of Federal Statutes Dealing with Interstate Trucking
2009-08-02: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Set Minimum National Safety Standards for Trucking
2009-08-01: Georgia State Patrol Faces Budget Cut
2009-08-01: Safersys a Valuable Resource in Trucking Litigation
2009-07-30: Rapid Response Essential After a Trucking Crash
2009-07-29: Commercial Trucking Crashes Are Not Just Big Car Wrecks
2009-07-29: Elected to National Board of Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
2009-07-28: Interstate Trucking Litigation Group Seminar in San Francisco
2009-07-11: Trucker Admits Lies in Court, Leading to $16 Million Settlement
2009-07-11: 1 Killed, 2 Critically Injured in Savannah Collision with 18 Wheeler
2009-07-11: The Smart Consumer’s Guide to Hiring a Great Lawyer
2009-07-10: Fatal Road Crashes Decline in Georgia
2009-07-07: Wisconsin Teen Killed in Albany Crash
2009-07-07: No Median Barrier Planned on Section of I-85
2009-07-05: Safety Advocates Seek Speed Governors on Trucks
2009-07-04: Truck Safety Advocates Seek Requirement of Speed-Limiting Devices
2009-07-03: The Smart Consumer’s Guide to Hiring a Great Lawyer
2009-07-03: Family Killed in Fiery Crash on I-75 Identified
2009-07-02: Ice Cream Truck Driver Injured in Collision with 18 Wheeler
2009-07-02: Georgia Supreme Court Nominees
2009-07-02: Burns Can Be the Most Painful Injuries
2009-07-02: Four People Burn to Death in Crash on I-75 Near Valdosta
2009-07-01: Another Family Killed When Rear-Ended by a Tractor Trailer
2009-07-01: Fatal Wreck on Taylor’s Ridge in Chattooga County
2009-07-01: 18 Wheeler Kills Family in Mississippi
2009-06-30: 9 Killed in Oklahoma Tractor Trailer Crash
2009-06-30: Tractor Trailer in Oklahoma Slams into Line of Stopped Traffic, Kills 9
2009-06-29: “Stella Awards” Making the Rounds Again, and Debunked Again
2009-06-28: Legislation Would Require Electronic on-Board Recorders in All Interstate Trucks in 4 Years
2009-06-28: Bill in Congress Would Require Electronic on-Board Recorders in All Interstate Motor Carriers
2009-06-26: What’s Under Those “China Freight” Containers on the Roads? Fmcsa Has New Safety Rules for Intermodal Chassis.
2009-06-16: Rising Premiums Due to Economy and Hurricanes, Not Injury Claims
2009-06-09: The Stages of Grief
2009-06-09: Gwinnett Mom Killed by Drunk Speeding Through Neighborhood
2009-06-09: Death in Tractor Trailer Wreck on I-85
2009-06-09: Anne Ferro Picked to Head Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2009-06-07: Does Venue Matter Any More?
2009-06-07: Obesity and Sleep Apnea a Double Threat for Trucking Safety
2009-04-24: Video of Tractor Trailer Tipping Over Looks Like Load Shift
2009-04-22: Ambulance on Wrong Side of Road in Head on Collision in Carroll County
2009-04-22: Might the Corporate World Begin to Recognize the Problem with Mandatory Binding Arbitration?
2009-04-22: Bus Safety Deficits Are Target of Ntsb Report
2009-04-21: Emory Law School Moves up from #22 to #20 in US News Rankings
2009-04-14: Marta Bus Rollover on Ramp Hints Poor Hiring and Training Practices
2009-04-14: Shigley Quoted in Lawyersusa Article on Defense Medical Exams
2009-04-10: NHTSA Nominee Faces Hard Choices Between Fuel Economy and Vehicle Safety
2009-04-09: Why Plaintiffs Prefer Contingent Fees and Defendants Don’t.
2009-04-08: Madd Ceo Picked to Head National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2009-04-08: More Discussion of Georgia’s New “Stay of Discovery” Rule, Frivolous Lawsuits, “Loser Pays” Rules, Etc.
2009-04-07: Financial Downturn in the Insurance Industry May Affect Anyone with a Claim
2009-04-07: With Atlanta Expressway Signage Problems Still Not Corrected, Another Bus Narrowly Avoids Repeat of Bluffton Bus Crash Two Years Ago
2009-04-07: Hazardous Shipments Data Compiled in New Hazardous Intelligence Portal
2009-04-06: Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Act Becomes Law
2009-04-06: FBI Sets up Database Connecting Trucker Suspects and Bodies Dumped Along Highways
2009-04-06: “Voices of Spinal Cord Injury” Feature in New York Times
2009-04-06: Paraplegic Client Crowned “Ms. Wheelchair California”
2009-04-01: Biased Insurance Medical Exams Reexamined
2009-03-31: Watch “the Price Is Right” on April 13th
2009-03-25: Georgia’s Medical Malpractice Statute of Repose Held Unconstitutional as Applied to Mentally Handicapped
2009-03-25: Georgia Trucking Accident Attorney
2009-03-25: Georgia Truck Accident Attorney Blog
2009-03-24: Health and Wellness Challenges for Truck Drivers Affect Safety
2009-03-24: Georgia Follows Common Sense Course on Expert Testimony
2009-03-22: One-Third of D-1 Universities Have Used Charter Bus Companies with Deficient Safety Ratings
2009-03-22: Hazmat Truck of Hydrofluoric Acid Overturns, Prompts Evacuation
2009-03-22: What Traits Are Needed in an Effective Lawyer?
2009-03-22: “Safety Culture” Is Important for Prevention of Catastrophic Truck Crashes
2009-03-22: Defense-Oriented Article Casts More Light on Claims Against Freight Brokers and Shippers
2009-03-20: Intricate Shell Games Evade Accountability
2009-03-20: What Makes a Lawyer Great?
2009-03-20: What Should Unemployed Young Lawyers Do?
2009-03-20: Sometimes a Blog Post Really Should Be Written Like a Legal Brief
2009-03-18: Polk County, Florida, Jury Returns $65 Million Verdict in Trucking Brain Injury Case
2009-03-18: Truck Driver, Owner & Garage Owner All Charged with Vehicular Homicide in Pennsylvania Truck Crash
2009-03-18: How Insurance Adjusters Lull You into Complacency in Order to Take Advantage of You
2009-03-17: Keep the Promise of Medical Care for Veterans’ Service Related Injuries
2009-03-17: American Gallery of Juror Art
2009-03-16: Mexican Trucks Barred from US Again
2009-03-13: Legislation Would Let Young Adults Remain on Parents’ Health Insurance to Age 25, Even When Out of School
2009-03-11: Sleep Apnea in Truck Drivers Linked to Obesity
2009-03-11: Insurance Coverage for Truck Drivers Hurt or Killed by Other Drivers
2009-03-11: What to Do When Legal Vultures Descend on You After a Tragic Accident
2009-03-11: When Truck Drivers Are Injured or Killed Due to Someone Else’s Actions
2009-03-10: Time to Adjust Motor Carrier Insurance Requirements for 29 Years of Inflation
2009-03-10: Battle Over Hours of Service Regulation Enters New Round
2009-03-09: Nanofibers Studied as Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
2009-03-09: At Last, Fmcsa Is Tightening up Medical Certification of Truck Drivers
2009-03-06: Time for a Basic Change in FDA Approval Process?
2009-03-05: Supreme Court Rules State Law Claim Not Preempted by FDA Approval of Drug Warnings
2009-03-04: It’s Been an Interesting Week for Civil Justice Issues in the Georgia Legislature
2009-03-04: “Frivolous Litigation” Bill Stripped of “Loser Pays” Provisions but Automatic Stay of Discovery Still Has Potential for Mischief
2009-03-02: Any Suggestions for Update of State Bar Web Site?
2009-03-01: Justice Scalia’s New Book Worth Reading
2009-03-01: Injury Claims Analysis in Recession Includes Financial Health of Insurers
2009-02-24: Seven Deadly Sins for New Motor Carriers
2009-02-23: New Federal Regulation Cracks Down on “Chameleon Carriers”
2009-02-22: What Medical Conditions Disqualify a Commercial Truck Driver?
2009-02-22: Medical Certification Rules for Interstate Truck Drivers Tightening
2009-02-22: Electronic Record Keeping and Discovery in Interstate Trucking
2009-02-22: Interstate Trucking Litigation Group Seminar in Las Vegas
2009-02-18: Can I Pursue a Medical Malpractice Claim for Injury That Did Not Heal Properly?
2009-02-18: Should I Sue Manufacturer Because 11-Year-Old Got Spring from Mechanical Pencil Stuck Through His Finger?
2009-02-17: Can I Sue a Night Club Where I Fell When I Don’t Know Why I Fell?
2009-02-16: Should I Sue Restaurant for Chipped Tooth?
2009-02-16: Can I Sue a Doctor for Malpractice in 1994?
2009-02-16: Pennsylvania Case Highlights Need to Uphold Judicial Integrity
2009-02-15: Can I Sue an Old Lady Who Pulled Out in Front of My Motorcycle?
2009-02-14: Tractor Trailer Rear-Ends Car Near Furman Campus, Woman Airlifted to Hospital
2009-02-13: Teaching Lawyers to Actually Run a Law Practice
2009-02-12: Is Chiropractic Testimony Admissible?
2009-02-12: Can I Sue Veterinarian for Making My Dog Sick?
2009-02-12: Should I Sue for Bugs in “Go Cups” at Restaurant?
2009-02-12: What Does General Damages Mean in an Auto Personal Injury Claim in Georgia?
2009-02-10: Fulton County Judge Holds $350,000 Cap on Noneconomic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases Violates Georgia Constitution
2009-02-10: Ntsb Suggests Requiring Fatigue Monitoring Technology in Trucking
2009-02-07: Truck Drivers Required to Speak and Read English, So How Do Some of These Guys Get CDL Licenses??
2009-02-07: Court Awards Attorneys Fees of $1. 4 Million Where Client Got $183,000
2009-02-04: Trucking Safety Not at Top of Priority List for New DOT Secretary
2009-02-01: Driver Killed Striking Rear of Parked Semi on Road Shoulder at Night
2009-01-31: Tractor Trailer Crashes Through Median Barrier, Kills Man in Opposite Lanes, on I-69 in Indiana
2009-01-24: Truck Stop Visit Illustrates How Hard It Is for Truckers to Maintain Healthy Lifestyle
2009-01-23: Obama Puts on Hold 3 New Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
2009-01-21: Truckers’ Hours of Service Rule Not Among Those Stayed by Obama Administration
2009-01-19: Economy Devastating Funding for Indigent Legal Services
2009-01-18: China Prepares to Adopt Tort Law
2009-01-16: Russian Crackdown on Jury Trial Rights Just a Little Less Subtle Than Procedural “Reforms” Here
2009-01-15: Governor Announces Plans for New Law Against Frivolous Litigation
2009-01-13: Michigan Auto Lawyers Blog
2009-01-12: Treasurer of State Bar of Georgia
2009-01-10: Treasurer of State Bar of Georgia
2009-01-01: Scrambled Eggs Freeze to Road in Tractor Trailer Accident
2009-01-01: Obesity, Sleep Apnea, Driver Fatigue and Trucking Safety
2009-01-01: Two Cement Mixer Truck Rollovers Highlight Special Handling Characteristics
2008-12-31: Tractor Trailer Wreck on I-85 Georgia Due to Bad Tire
2008-12-31: Georgia Accidents Kill 24 in Christmas Holiday Weekend
2008-12-31: Adult Stem Cells May Be Useful in Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
2008-12-30: Recession Ends Truck Driver Shortage
2008-12-30: $1. 25 Million Georgia Verdict for Nursing Home Neglect
2008-12-29: Surgery Offers Better Odds Than Nonsurgical Treatment for Low Back Herniated Discs
2008-12-28: Firefighter Crushed Under Tractor Trailer Speeding in Freezing Rain in Indiana
2008-12-28: Yawning Danger – Call to Take Truckers Back to 10 Hours Driving per Day
2008-12-27: Quick Clips: What They’re Saying About Prospective DOT Secretary Ray Lahood
2008-12-27: Big Rig and Snow Removal Truck Crash in Nh Reminds Me of My First Trucking Case in GA
2008-12-26: Tractor Trailer Strikes Snow Removal Truck in Nh, Reminding Me of GA Case 25 Years Ago
2008-12-26: Quick Clips on Boxing Day: Trucking Economics and Safety
2008-12-26: Gasoline Tanker Crashes and Explodes on Lookout Mountain
2008-12-24: Trucker Killed in Collision with Another Tractor Trailer in Iowa
2008-12-23: Gps Data to Be Used to Monitor Trucking Companies’ Compliance with Federal Regulations
2008-12-22: Where to Send Mama, or Not — Georgia Nursing Home Ratings
2008-12-22: Cooper Tire Issues Another Recall for Defective Tires, Closes Albany Plant
2008-12-21: Jury Rejects Defense Try to Shift Blame, Award $48 Million for Paraplegia Injury
2008-12-21: Safety Management a Key to Trucking Industry Profitability
2008-12-21: Hours of Service Rule for Truckers Challenged as Threat to Safety
2008-12-20: Deceptive Advertising as Basis for Products Liability Claims
2008-12-20: Georgia Tort Reform Inadvertently Puts Brakes on a Common Defense Tactic
2008-12-20: Obama Omits Southerners from Appointments, but Could Make up for It Soon
2008-12-20: Tractor Trailer Rearended by Airplane
2008-12-19: New EPA Administrator Is a Certified Hazmat Manager
2008-12-19: Childhood Injury Prevention — the Best Christmas Present
2008-12-19: New Safety Rules Issued for Intermodal Trucking Equipment
2008-12-18: The 11 Deadly Sins for Trucking Companies
2008-12-18: New DOT Secretary Apparently Well Liked by Trucking Industry
2008-12-18: Congressman Ray Lahood Named New US DOT Secretary
2008-12-16: A Day Full of Trucker Depositions
2008-12-13: A Refreshingly Unstuffy Lawyer Bio
2008-12-13: Supreme Court Justice Calls Lawyer’s Argument “Utterly Irrational”
2008-12-13: Crocs (and Knockoffs) Involved in Many Escalator Injuries to Kids’ Feet
2008-12-13: Forklift on Tractor Trailer Takes Chunk Out of Texas Overpass
2008-12-11: Judicial Pay Raise Scuttled
2008-12-11: Federal Judges Pay Raise Tucked into Detroit Bailout Bill
2008-12-11: Jihad at Wal-Mart: China-Made Doll Says “Islam in the Light.”
2008-12-10: Trucking Industry Capacity Declining with Recession
2008-12-10: Who Will Be New Secretary of Transportation and Director of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration?
2008-12-10: Atlanta Motorist Killed in Collision with Tractor Trailer on Campbellton Road
2008-12-09: Madd Proposes Ignition Interlocks for All Drunk Drivers
2008-12-09: Truck Safety and Law Implications of Futurist Predictions
2008-12-08: Recession Hits Trucking Industry Hard
2008-12-08: U. S. Supreme Court May Take Another Swat at Limiting Punitive Damages
2008-12-07: Atlas Images of the Brain and Spinal Cord
2008-12-07: Proposed School Bus Safety Rules Give Manufacturers Immunity
2008-12-06: $25 Million Settlement for Nj Girl Paralyzed by Drunk Football Fan
2008-12-06: Recession Hardship for Injury Victims Prompts Attorney Fee Discount
2008-12-06: Bailout for Lawyers??? Not Likely.
2008-12-05: If Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery. .
2008-12-05: Senate Committee Critical of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2008-12-05: $5. 8 Million Verdict Reduced to $3.6 Million in Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case
2008-12-05: Senators Accuse Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of Undermining Safety
2008-12-05: Metro Atlanta to Get “Hot” Toll Lanes to Relieve Traffic Congestion on I-85 North
2008-12-04: Fiery Truck Crash Kills Great-Grandmother in Virginia
2008-12-04: Two Cement Truck Rollovers in News This Week
2008-12-04: Georgia Court of Appeals Blocks Remedy for Motorist Injured Due to Ladders, Mattresses, Etc in Freeway
2008-12-04: Truck Driver Medical Screening and Licenses to Be Linked
2008-12-04: Swift Transportation Driver on Meth Leads to $23. 5 Million Verdict for Yellow Freight Employee with Severe Spinal Cord Injury
2008-12-04: Truck Drivers’ Medical Exams to Be Linked to Commercial Drivers License Records
2008-12-04: Hospital Beds Pose Preventable Risk of Entrapment, Strangulation and Death
2008-12-03: The Future of Intellligent Transportation Systems
2008-12-02: Nanotechnology Research for Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
2008-12-02: $23. 5 Million Verdict Against Swift Transportation for Spinal Cord Injury to Yellow Freight Employee
2008-12-02: Report on the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (Mcsac)
2008-12-01: Check Toy Recalls Before Playing Santa
2008-11-30: Should There Be a Mandatory Retirement Age for Truck Drivers?
2008-11-29: Metro Atlanta’s 10 Worst Intersections
2008-11-29: Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Agenda
2008-11-29: Brain Trauma May Be Visualized with New Form of MRI
2008-11-28: Weight Lifting Accident at Gym Results in Quadriplegia, $18. 6 Million Recoveries
2008-11-27: Obama Transition Team Hears Truck Safety Debate Points
2008-11-26: Fmcsa Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Meetings on Dec. 1 and 10
2008-11-26: Trucking Hours of Service Debate Continues
2008-11-26: Truck Speeding on Rain Slick Freeway with Bad Brakes Caused Fiery Pileup in Tunnel
2008-11-26: Drive Safer Sunday Commemorates Young Atlanta Man Killed by Speeding Tractor Trailer on Cruise Control
2008-11-26: Road Safe America Promotes Drive Safer Sunday
2008-11-26: Ohio Trucker Who Was Volunteer Fireman Killed in Collision with Georgia Fire Truck
2008-11-26: Big Rig Crash in Morning Fog Kills Woman
2008-11-26: Truck Crash in Fog Kills Woman
2008-11-25: Truck Wreck Kills Three in Hazardous Weather
2008-11-25: Truck Crash on Snowy Interstate in Virginia Kills Three
2008-11-22: Trucking Company Shut Down by Court in South Dakota
2008-11-20: Fmcsa Fast Tracks Industry-Backed Rule Changes in Waning Days of Bush Presidency
2008-10-09: Continuing Legal Education in Georgia
2008-10-06: Interstate Trucking Litigation Seminar in Chicago
2008-09-30: Tractor Trailer Runs Stop Sign, Kills 6 in Florida
2008-09-24: Trucker on Cell Phone Crashes into School Bus, Kills a Child
2008-09-24: Florida Truck Driver on Cell Phone Hits School Bus, Kills Child
2008-09-24: School Bus Accident Data
2008-09-24: Will Trucking Companies Start Recruiting Unemployed Investment Bankers?
2008-09-24: Trucking Companies Recruiting Displaced Auto Workers. Are Investment Bankers Next?
2008-09-22: Recent Trucking Accident Jury Verdicts
2008-09-21: Accident Litigation Increasingly Focuses on Cell Phone and Text Messaging Distraction Issues
2008-09-21: Cell Phone and Text Messaging Distractions in Accident Litigation
2008-09-19: New Federal Evidence Rule on Inadvertent Disclosures
2008-09-19: Tour Bus Seat Belt Legislation Blocked … Again
2008-09-19: Bus Seat Belt Legislation Stalled Again, 40 Years After Ntsb First Recommended Seat Belts on Buses
2008-09-19: Georgia Truck Wreck Lawyer Comment Cited Among Best Blog Posts About Impact of Wall Street Mess
2008-09-19: Georgia Truck Wreck Lawyer Comment Cited Among Best Blog Posts About Impact of Wall Street Mess
2008-09-18: Truck Underride — an Unnecessary Continuing Tragedy
2008-09-18: Ntsb Urges Stronger Enforcement of Truck Driver Rest Period Rules
2008-09-18: Georgia Auto Property Damage Diminution of Value Claims
2008-09-16: Trucking Accidents and Insurance – Longer Term Implications of the Current Credit Crisis
2008-09-16: Impact of the Wall Street Crisis on Trucking and Insurance
2008-09-16: Implications of the Economic Crisis for Trucking and Insurance
2008-08-29: Two Armored Truck Accidents in Georgia in One Week
2008-08-29: Georgia Has Two Catastrophic Armored Truck Wrecks in One Week
2008-07-20: Insurance Company Rules
2008-07-19: Senate Committee Blasts Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for Failure to Protect Public on Driving Hours and Drug Testing
2008-07-18: Georgia Courts Automation Commission
2008-07-17: $60 Million Bad Faith Verdict in Disability Insurance Case
2008-07-16: 25 High Margin Medical Procedures.
2008-07-07: Driver Fatigue Monitor Seeks to Cut Fatigue-Related Crashes
2008-07-07: Alabama Increases Minimum Auto Insurance Requirements
2008-07-06: Traumatic Brain Injury Victims Need Immediate Nutritional Supplements
2008-07-06: Auto Accidents Due to Cell Phone Distraction Countered by New California Law
2008-07-06: Truck Accidents May Be Caused by Distractions of Electronic Devices in Truck Cabs
2008-07-04: Mississippi Supreme Court Hostile to Injured Citizens
2008-06-21: Truck Driver Drug Testing System Flawed According to Gao Report
2008-06-21: Truck Accident Trials in Georgia – Attorney Fee Claim May Be Worth More Than Punitive Damages
2008-06-20: Trucking Companies Responsible for Their Drivers Even If They Evade Regulations
2008-06-20: Truck Driver Fatigue and Hours of Service
2008-06-20: Truck Accident Records Destruction and Duty to Preserve Evidence
2008-06-20: Trucking Accident Victims Protected by Mcs-90 Endorsement on Truckers’ Insurance Polcies
2008-06-20: Truck Driver Logs May Be Electronic … “in the Year 2525, If Man Is Still Alive”
2008-06-20: Truckers in Bad Weather Must Exercise “Extreme Caution”
2008-06-20: Truck Accident Facts May Support Punitive Damages Claims
2008-06-19: In Trucking Accidents, Consider a Claim Against a Freight Broker or Logistics Company
2008-06-19: Truckers Warned of Safety Risks of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix
2008-06-19: Georgia Court Watch Report Shows Our Appellate Courts Are Middle of the Road
2008-06-19: Truck Safety Implications of Rising Fuel Prices
2008-06-19: Trucking Accidents May Be Documented by Drivecam — If They Save the Video
2008-06-19: Georgia Truck Wreck Spills Explosive Ammonium Nitrate
2008-06-19: Truck Accident Lawyer Selection
2008-06-19: Trucking Companies Responsible for Negligence of “Independent Contractor” Truck Drivers as “Statutory Employees”
2008-06-18: Catastrophic Truck Accidents – How to Pick a Lawyer
2008-06-14: Neurofibromatosis Research Conference in Florida
2008-06-14: Changing My Gears in the State Bar of Georgia
2008-06-04: Newspeak: Insurance Claims “Counselors”
2008-06-01: Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
2008-05-29: Rising Oil Prices May Impact Trucking Safety, Lead to Consolidation of Trucking Industry
2008-05-26: NPR Program to Feature Author of “Head Cases”
2008-05-25: Trucking Industry Urges Uniform Speed Limit for Truckers in US and Canada
2008-05-24: Gao Report Identifies Flaws in Drug Testing and Treatment in Trucking Industry
2008-05-24: Isn’t It Ironic? Tort Reform Campaign Fizzles in Rash of Higher Verdicts in Conservative Counties.
2008-05-23: Truck Wrecks Produce Contrasting Spills
2008-05-23: Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Banned for Truck Drivers
2008-05-21: We’re #1! Atlanta Rated as Worst Commute Among US Cities.
2008-05-20: Aaj Trucking Litigation Telephone Seminar
2008-05-20: Australian Truckers Looking at Range of New Safety Features
2008-05-20: Can You Believe No One Was Hurt in This?
2008-05-19: My Daughter
2008-05-18: Diesel Tanker Truck Hijacked in Houston
2008-05-17: Proposal for Bigger Trucks Stirs Controversy
2008-05-15: Um Stacking and Elimination of Preapproval of Auto Insurance Rates Linked in New Georgia Law
2008-05-14: Governor Vetoes Raises for Judges and Da’s
2008-05-14: Hit & Run Tractor Trailer Sideswipes Virginia State Trooper Who Had Stopped Another Tractor Trailer
2008-05-13: $44. 4 Million Punitive Damages Award Reduced to $250,000
2008-05-13: Scam Artist with Phony Injury Claim Attempting to Hustle Lawyers in Atlanta
2008-05-12: Driver of Passenger Van at Fault in Death of Kentucky Truck Driver
2008-05-12: Driver Fatigue Study in Canada Focuses on Individual Differences in Drivers
2008-05-12: I May Be Wrong
2008-05-10: Two “Reasonably Adequate” Jury Verdicts This Week
2008-05-09: Tractor Trailer Making Illegal U-Turn Causes Crash in Laurens County
2008-05-09: Federal Judge in Arkansas Shells the Corn About Overreaching Federal Preemption
2008-05-08: Feds Grant Funds for Study of Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System
2008-05-08: $18 Million Settlement in Four-Fatality Missouri Truck Wreck
2008-05-08: 31% of Tractor Trailers Have Out of Service Safety Violations in Arizona Sweep
2008-05-07: Colorado Trucking Industry Group Supports Electronic on-Board Recorders
2008-05-06: State Bar Election Results
2008-05-05: Fuel Price Increases Will Impact Safety
2008-05-04: The Tractor Trailer with Smoking Tires in My Rear View Mirror
2008-05-04: Electronic on Board Recorders May Be Required for Trucking
2008-05-03: Dump Truck Hits School Bus in Kentucky, Kills Student
2008-05-02: Atlanta Trial Judge Holds Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Unconstitutional
2008-05-02: Motor Carrier Enforcement Targets Unsafe Tractor Trailers and Impaired Drivers
2008-04-22: Sleep Apnea Testing for Heavyweight Truckers Proposed
2008-04-09: 24/7/365 Legal Culture Detracts from Lawyers’ Roles in Family & Community
2008-04-07: State Bar Election: The Ballots Have Arrived
2008-03-28: Why Run for State Bar Office?
2008-03-27: How Our Team Used a Minor Role in the State Bar to Win Enactment of Practical, Nuts and Bolts Legislation
2008-03-25: Overcoming Stereotyping of People — Clients, Opponents, Witnesses, Jurors, or Folks on the Street
2008-03-25: Observations of a Very Intelligent Truck Driver
2008-03-24: Brain Injury Web Site for Teens
2008-03-22: State Bar Center Unscathed by Tornado
2008-03-22: Use of Video Depositions at Trial
2008-03-21: Electronic Logs Can Help Trucking Companies Become Both Safe and Profitable
2008-03-21: Baristas of the World Unite …. Starbucks Ordered to Pay $100 Million for Sharing Tips with Shift Supervisors
2008-03-21: Mexican Truck Drivers Pass English Proficiency Test. . . in Spanish
2008-03-16: Why Do Some Lawyers Worry So Much About How to Enforce Their Fee Liens?
2008-03-10: Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to State Version of Daubert
2008-02-27: Significant Georgia Court Decision on Municipal and State Liability
2008-02-27: The Burden of Catastrophic Medical Bills
2008-02-23: Truck Crash on I-285 Kills One
2008-02-19: Skidding a Bobtail Tractor on Wet Pavement
2008-02-17: Don’t Blame God When People Break the Rules
2008-02-14: New Source for Free Legal Research
2008-02-10: Decapitation by Side Underride
2008-02-10: Justice for Injured Truck Drivers Too
2008-02-10: Truck Collision Litigation Conference in New Orleans
2008-01-29: Explaining Closed Head Injuries to a Jury
2008-01-26: Quadriplegic Lawyers Show the Rest of US We Have No Excuses
2008-01-23: Market Volatility May Lead to Insurance Premiums Increases, Blaming Injury Victims, and Calls for Another Round of “Tort Reform”
2008-01-23: Trucking Hours-of-Service Rule Criticized Again
2008-01-22: Tractor Trailer Runs Stop Sign, Kills Man in Bloomgindale, GA
2008-01-22: Atlanta Murder Trial Delays — Why Not Follow the Kiss Principle?
2008-01-21: ER Malpractice Claims Are DOA in Georgia
2008-01-21: Quadriplegic Former Cheerleader an Inspiration to Others
2008-01-20: Visit to Macon Bar Association
2008-01-19: Explaining Pressure Sores to a Jury in Spinal Cord Injury Cases
2008-01-18: Spinal Cord Injury Trials and Explanation of Muscle Spasticity
2008-01-17: Article About Sales Tax on Legal Services Published in Daily Report
2008-01-17: Truck Driver Drug Tests Are Easy to Cheat
2008-01-17: Spinal Cord Injury Jury Trials Require Explanation of Autonomic Dysreflexia
2008-01-16: Georgia Legislature to Consider Uninsured Motorist (Um) Coverage Stacking
2008-01-16: Bus Safety Article in Arizona Republic Quotes Your Truly
2008-01-16: North Georgia Woman Killed by DUI
2008-01-16: Georgia Trucker Hurt and Sc Trucker Killed in 4-Truck Pileup
2008-01-15: Atlanta Judicial Circuit: Judge Newkirk Promoted to Superior Court
2008-01-15: Georgia Legislators’ Proposal to Tax Legal Services May Have Unintended Consequences
2008-01-11: Tort Reformers Criticize Lawyer Backing of Drug Defect Web Sites
2008-01-08: Fiery Crash in Alabama of Two Tractor Trailers Kills One Truck Driver
2008-01-06: Florida Bus Accident Illustrates Need for Seatbelts in Buses
2008-01-05: Tractor Trailer Rollover Reconstruction Factors
2008-01-05: Truck Driver in Illinois Falls Asleep, Causes Fatal Crash in Contruction Zone
2008-01-05: Bus Accidents Highlight Lax Safety Enforcement
2008-01-05: Truck-Bus Collision in Nc Injures 50
2008-01-02: FMCSA Proposes on-Road Driver Training Requirement
2007-12-18: Tort Costs Decline 5. 5% Is 2006
2007-12-13: Truck Wreck Trial in Macon
2007-12-05: Dart Transport Applies for Hos Exemption to Try Another Way to Manage Driver Fatigue
2007-12-02: 3 Georgia Nursng Homes on List of 54 Worst in US
2007-12-01: Boiler Explosion at Machester, GA, Injures 7 Workers
2007-11-24: Tractor-Trailer Accident Results in $6. 65 Million Jury Verdict
2007-11-24: Trucking Electronic Recorders Proposed by California Senator
2007-11-24: Bus Safety Legislation Introduced
2007-11-01: Truck Drivers’ Drug Tests: Undercover Investigators Reveal How Easy It Is to Cheat on Truckers’ Drug Tests
2007-10-27: Sometimes a Lump of Coal Can Become a Diamond
2007-10-27: “Operation Safe Driver” Focused on Commercial Vehicles
2007-10-27: Georgia Personal Injury Practice Seminar
2007-10-27: Defense Tactic of Offering Free Representation to Non-Party Witnesses in Order to Block Access to Those Witnesses
2007-10-27: Judge Newkirk on Short List for Fulton Superior Court
2007-10-25: Overweight Tractor Trailers Pose Dangers
2007-10-24: GA DOT Continues to Study Truck-Only Lanes
2007-10-24: More Concerns Raised About Mexican Trucks on US Highways
2007-10-17: Progressive Insurance Says Church Spying “Reasonable”
2007-10-14: Hours of Service Rule Unchanged Til End of 2007
2007-10-14: Fiery 28-Truck Pileup in Tunnel on I-5 Near La
2007-10-02: Employer’s Cell Phone Call to Driver Employee May Support Employer’s Liability
2007-09-28: Rule Requiring Truck Drivers to Be Able to Function in English May Actually Be Enforced
2007-09-27: The Cost of Judicial Service
2007-09-27: Qualcomm Contracts for Satellite Tracking of Trucks in US-Mexico Pilot Project
2007-09-21: On the Internet, but Deeply Rooted in a Web of Relationships
2007-09-21: Virtue, or Why Legal Ethics Should Not Be an Oxymoron
2007-09-18: “Tort Reform” Critique in the Atlanta Journal Constitution
2007-09-18: An Opening on Fulton Superior Court, and the Crisis in Judicial Compensation
2007-08-30: Progressive Insurance Under Investigation for Spying in Church
2007-08-20: A Truck Driver’s Critique of the Trucking Industry
2007-08-16: Masters of Deceit
2007-08-13: Economic Incentives to Break Trucking Hours of Service Rules
2007-08-12: New York Judge Notes Shortage of Asl Interpreters for the Deaf in Court
2007-08-07: Understanding the Severe Forces in a Motor Vehicle Crash
2007-08-06: Judicial Salaries Compared with Top Law Firms’ Pay for New Graduates
2007-08-04: Proposal for Central Clearinghouse on Truckers’ Positive Drug Tests
2007-07-28: Olfactory Nerve Stem Cells Possible Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
2007-07-28: Research Suggests New Protocol Combining Microsurgery and Radiation After Spinal Cord Injury
2007-07-27: A Truck Driver Comments on Hours of Service Rules
2007-07-25: FDA Approves Artificial Cervical Disc
2007-07-25: Day-Timer Offers Brain Injury Recovery Kit
2007-07-25: Philadelphia Federal Judge Rejects Erisa Plan’s Grab for Catastrohically Injured Child’s Settlement
2007-07-25: Federal Court Throws Out 11 Hour Driving Rule for Truckers
2007-07-24: New Advance Directive Form Combines Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney
2007-07-24: Truck Driver’s Lack of English Leads to Truck-Train Crash
2007-07-19: Trial Lawyers – Sharks, Wolves or Sheep Dogs?
2007-07-19: Ford – Volvo Divorce in the Works?
2007-07-17: New Series of Articles on Bluffton U Bus Crash
2007-07-16: Truck Driving Dangerous, Unhealthy Occupation
2007-07-15: Crack Smoking Drowsy Trucker Kills 5 in Arkansas
2007-07-12: Sleeping Truck Driver Kills Four in Lawrenceville
2007-07-12: Public Opinion and Jury Selection
2007-07-09: Eagle Scout
2007-07-04: Technically Legal
2007-07-01: Georgians Killed by Semi Crossing Median on I-24 in Tn
2007-07-01: Bus Accident in Atlanta Kills 2, Injures 2
2007-06-30: Georgia Tanker Truck Crosses Median in Ky, Kills Tn Trucker
2007-06-30: Jackknifed Tractor Trailer on I-20 in Al Crosses Median, Kills GA Coach, Injures High School Athletes
2007-06-29: Decarrera Law Blog
2007-06-28: Tractor Trailer Plows into Slower Traffic, Kills 3 in Pa
2007-06-28: Conservative Values and Tort Law
2007-06-27: Tort Law and True Conservatives
2007-06-26: Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
2007-06-26: Doctors’ Personal Chitchat Found Not Helpful
2007-06-26: Recalled Chinese Tires Left Out Gum Strip to Prevent Tread Separation
2007-06-26: Supreme Court to Hear Case on Scope of Federal Preemption of State Laws
2007-06-25: No $54 Million Pants
2007-06-23: Trucking Cases Are Not “Just Big Car Wrecks”
2007-06-23: Alabama Exempts Farm Vehicles from Fmcsr
2007-06-22: Public Citizen
2007-06-22: Truck Safety Coalition
2007-06-22: Defense Lawyers’ Ethical Dilemma
2007-06-22: Virginia Non-Compete Blog
2007-06-19: Need to Revise Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 4. 3
2007-06-19: How the Rules Were Changed for the Fulton County Superior Court Business Case Division
2007-06-19: Defective Products from China Point to Need for Change in Georgia Law
2007-06-17: A Seat at the Table
2007-06-16: Georgia Bar Blunts Overly Broad Interpretation of Rule on Duty to Clients’ Creditors
2007-06-14: Lost Pants Lawsuit Is Absurd and Unethical
2007-06-08: Trucking Hours of Service – EU & US Have Moved Opposite Directions on Truck Driver Hours, Safety
2007-06-05: Georgia “Offer of Judgment” Rule Struck Down … Well, Sort Of
2007-05-31: Fmcsa Report on Causes of Truck Wrecks
2007-05-30: Court of Appeals Restricts Use of Medical Narratives at Trial
2007-05-29: Brain Injury and Neuroplasticity
2007-05-28: Big Rig Crushes Car on La Freeway
2007-05-23: Knights of the Bar
2007-05-23: New Report on Epidemiology of Fatal Childhood Injuries
2007-05-22: Nc Doctors and Trial Lawyers Agree on a $1 Million Malpractice Damages Cap
2007-05-22: The Bar Should Act to Penalize and Deter Illegal and Unethical Case Solicitation
2007-05-18: Challenges with Court Interpreters
2007-05-17: A Good Day
2007-05-17: Nest Emptying, Practice Cut Back to Half Time (12 Hours per Day)
2007-05-17: Yes, We Accept Case Referrals
2007-05-16: Trial Lawyers File Ethics Complaint Against “$65 Million Pants” Plaintiff
2007-05-15: Georgia Supreme Court Takes Another Chip off Sb 3
2007-05-11: Settlements, Trials, Zen and the Book of Five Rings
2007-05-11: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
2007-05-10: Pharmaceutical Industry Payments to Doctors Linked to Increased Prescriptions of Meds
2007-05-06: Getting the Client’s Claims Index Report
2007-05-04: $65 Million Trousers?
2007-05-04: Legal Medicine
2007-04-30: Insights on Fulton Superior Court’s Docket Problems
2007-04-29: Tanker Truck Crash May Snarl San Francisco Area Commutes for Months
2007-04-26: Defense Advantage in Medical Malpractice Trials
2007-04-25: Injunction Sought Against Allowing Mexican Trucking Companies to Operate in US
2007-04-21: 5 on School Band Bus Killed by Sleeping Trucker on Cruise Control
2007-04-15: Georgia Legislature Considers Overturning Ancient Common Law Rule Holding Employers Responsible for Negligence of Employees
2007-03-28: Constitutional Challenge to Georgia Offer of Judgment Statute
2007-03-24: Two Significant Verdicts, Turning Tort Reform Upon Its Authors, as Metro Atlanta Reaches 5 Million Mark
2007-03-18: Technologycounsel.org
2007-03-15: Court Rejects Motion to Throw Out Punitive Damages
2007-03-14: Another Crash with Logs Protruding from Rear of Log Truck
2007-03-09: $2,345,940. 17 Verdict Sets New High in Gordon County, GA
2007-03-04: Surgeons Who Play Video Games Make Fewer Mistakes
2007-03-03: Vehicles Turning Left Must Yield to Oncoming Traffic
2007-03-02: Charter Bus Crash Kills 6 on I-75 in Atlanta
2007-02-24: Applying Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to Punitive Damages Issues
2007-02-24: Federal Rules Regarding Truck Driver Fatigue Issues
2007-02-24: Punitive Damages in Trucking Cases in Georgia
2007-02-16: Medical Malpractice Insurance Reform Act
2007-01-25: Truck Safety Coalition Sponsors Sorrow to Strength Conference
2007-01-24: Top 10 Causes of Truck Wrecks
2007-01-23: Tort Deform
2007-01-19: “Super Lawyer” Listings Permitted in New York
2007-01-19: Medical Malpractice Expert Witness Qualification Rule Eroded
2007-01-15: Survey Reports 77% of Commercial Truckers Deliberately Violate Hours of Service Rules
2007-01-13: Another Sleepy Trucker Wrecks. Ex-Fmcsa Adminsitrator Shills for Industry, Says Rules Don’t Mean What They Say.
2007-01-10: Delayed Service in Fulton State Court Lexis File & Service Online Filing System
2007-01-09: Proposed Legislation on Wireless Communication Use While Driving
2007-01-07: Spoliation of Truck Driver Logs
2006-12-22: Oklahoma Court Holds Tort Reform Provision Unconstitutional
2006-12-13: “Sweat Shops on Wheels” Increase Safety Hazards
2006-12-13: Safety Groups & Teamsters Challenge Hours of Service Rule
2006-12-12: Fatigue-Alyzer?
2006-12-11: American Association for Justice
2006-12-11: Ex-Convicts Reported to Have High Accident Rates as Commercial Truck Drivers
2006-12-10: Juror Questions to Witnesses
2006-11-28: Grandmother Killed by 18-Wheeler Tow Truck Crashing into Bus Stop
2006-11-28: Social Utility of Litigation
2006-11-18: 4 Killed, 5 Hospitalized in Las Vegas Freeway Truck Crash
2006-11-16: $1 Million Verdict for Death of Inmate in Conservative Rural County
2006-11-16: The Case of the One-Eyed Truck Driver
2006-11-16: What Is MCS-90?
2006-11-16: Liability of Motor Carrier or Cargo Broker for Negligent Selection of Independent Contractor
2006-11-16: Liability for Trucking Companies Under Restatement Rule
2006-11-16: “Statutory Employee” Rules Make Trucking Companies Always Responsible for Independent Contractor Truck Drivers
2006-11-16: Revenue Shortfall & Increased Truck Traffic May Force More Toll Roads in Georgia
2006-11-16: Fmcsa Promoting Onboard Safety Systems
2006-11-10: $11+ Million Verdict Against Trucker Over Legal Hours
2006-11-10: $15 Million Verdict for Tow Truck Operator Struck by Tired Trucker with Falsified Logs
2006-11-08: Changes in Medicare Secondary Payor Administration
2006-11-08: Georgia Supreme Court Election Results
2006-11-02: Financial Responsibility of Interstate Motor Carriers for Negligence of Truck Drivers
2006-11-01: Georgia Supreme Court Election
2006-10-23: Parental Right to Sue for Wrongful Death of Child May Be Forfeited
2006-10-23: Schneider Study Supports Screening Truck Drivers for Sleep Apnea
2006-10-03: Atlanta Study Suggests Female Hormone May Be Effective Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
2006-09-28: Arbitrary Cap on Damages Held Unconstitutional in Louisiana
2006-09-17: Trucking Records Too Often Go Missing After Wrecks
2006-09-13: Electronic Truck Driver Monitors Improve Driver Morale and Retention
2006-09-13: Functional MRI May Show Mental Activity in Unresponsive TBI Victim
2006-09-02: Um Coverage Required in Umbrella Policy and in Renewal Policy Where Um Was Never Rejected
2006-09-02: Trucker Who Killed 5 College Students in Indiana Was Way Over Legal Hours
2006-09-02: Nyc Law Firms Raise New Grads to $145,000
2006-08-16: Vindication! Coffee May Be a Health Food
2006-08-15: New Study Focuses on Hazards from Truck Drivers with Sleep Apnea or Who Get Less Than 5 Hours Sleep
2006-08-15: Jury Question Whether Driver Was in Course and Scope of Employment
2006-08-15: Bankruptcy Filing Destroys Unlisted Tort Claim
2006-08-15: Importance of Complete Record for Appeals
2006-08-15: “Super Lawyer” Listing Still Ok in Georgia
2006-08-04: New Regulatory Czar Questioned Need for Hours of Service Rules
2006-08-04: Public Hearing on Bus Safety Due to Bus Fire That Killed 23 Fleeing Hurricane Rita
2006-08-04: Buyers’ Regrets on Senate Bill 3
2006-08-04: Driver Rehabilitation Can Restore Independence After Injury or Illness
2006-07-19: Large Truck Crash Causation Study
2006-07-15: Thought Control of Computer by Quadriplegic
2006-07-13: Alabama Deals with Truck Safety on Two Fronts: Securing Steel Coil Loads & Lack of Enforcement
2006-07-04: Alabama Big Rig Driver Flees on Foot After Killing Man in Forsyth County
2006-07-03: Behind the Push for Private Toll Lanes for Trucks
2006-07-03: Gps Technology Boosts Growth, Profits and Safety at Trucking Companies
2006-07-01: Remembering Dean Ben Johnson
2006-07-01: DUI Semi Driver Reported Weaving, Strikes Pickup Truck
2006-07-01: Philly Trash Truck Crosses Median on I-95, Kills Driver and 2 More
2006-06-27: One Killed in Truck Wreck on I-85 in Gwinnett
2006-06-27: Are New Hours of Service Rules Working?
2006-06-21: Even After Sereboff, There Are Defenses Against Erisa Medical Reimbursement Claims
2006-06-20: Washington Police Crack Down on Impaired Truckers
2006-06-20: Two Truck Drivers Killed When One Crosses Median at 1 Am
2006-06-15: Congressional Committee Seeks More FMCSA Safety Audits & on-Road Driver Training
2006-06-15: UPS Mechanic Killed When Tractor Trailer Driver Falls Asleep, Drifts off I-285
2006-06-14: Proposal for Privately Funded Truck Toll Lanes on Atlanta Expressways
2006-06-13: Perry Man Killed When Rearended by Tractor Trailer
2006-06-10: Potential Personal Liability of Trucking Company Owners and Officers for Improper Dispatching
2006-05-24: Tn Reporter Finds Sleeping Truckers Seldom Fined
2006-05-14: Fatigue Contributes to Truck Wrecks, but Too Few Places for Truckers to Rest
2006-05-08: Justice for Sale in West Virginia?
2006-05-03: Texas Judge Denies Motion for Incomprehensibility
2006-05-02: Tractor Trailer Wrecks on Metro Atlanta Freeways Today
2006-05-02: Seven Killed in Fireball When Rear-Ended by Tractor Trailer in Arizona
2006-05-02: Medicaid Liens Limited to Medical Expense Portion of Recovery
2006-04-30: Erratically Swerving Tractor Trailer Causes Fatal Crash on I-70 in Missouri
2006-04-30: Sleeping Truck Driver Plunges into Ravine in Virginia, Critically Injured
2006-04-29: Trucker, Apparently Asleep, Hits College Van in Indiana, Kills 5
2006-04-24: Use of Fmcsr Regulatory Guidance
2006-04-14: Electronic Discovery Rules Approved by U. S. Supreme Court
2006-04-14: An Appellate Win for the Home Team
2006-04-14: Bifurcate or Trifurcate Trial with Evidence of Prior or Subsequent Dui’s?
2006-04-13: Mark Zamora
2006-04-13: Injury Lawyer Boston
2006-04-07: What Insurance Companies Want….
2006-04-01: Why It Is Crucially Important to Hire a Knowledgeable Trucking Lawyer Within Hours After a Catastrohic Truck Wreck
2006-03-29: A Truck Driver’s Viewpoint
2006-03-25: Testicular Stem Cells: Another Non-Embryonic Source of Stem Cells for Future Research
2006-03-25: Quality of Life Problems Contribute to Truck Driver Shortage
2006-03-23: Driver Fatigue Monitor Helps Prevent Dozing Trucker Wrecks
2006-03-18: Choosing up Sides on Hours of Service Litigation
2006-03-18: Four Tractor Trailer Crashes in Georgia in a Week
2006-03-18: Drivecam Captures Video of Tractor Trailer Crash
2006-03-09: Japanese Answer to Truck Driver Fatigue
2006-03-09: Tanker Truck Crosses Median and Kills Two in Tennessee
2006-03-09: Pickup Breaks in Two & Explodes When 18-Wheeler Drifts off I-65 in Alabama
2006-03-09: Fmcsa Medical Board Appointed
2006-03-04: Ajc Article Illustrates Absurdity of Georgia’s “Winner Pays” Offer of Judgment Rule
2006-03-04: The Law of Unintended Consequences
2006-03-04: Suit Challenges Hours of Service Rule
2006-03-01: Converging Trends in Mobility and Communication Make National Specialty Practice Attainable
2006-02-28: Truck Driver Shortage Leads to New Recruitment Approaches
2006-02-26: Tired Truckers Deadly in Alabama
2006-02-22: “Contingent Liability Endorsement” in Trucking Insurance Context
2006-02-18: New York Appellate Court Relaxes Daubert Tests on Causation Evidence
2006-02-18: Two New Studies Point to Future Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Treatments for Brain Injuries
2006-02-18: Frivolous Daubert Motions Continue to Seek Exclusion of Routine Testimony by Treating Physicians
2006-02-18: Septic Tank Truck Causes Crash in Gainesville, Passenger May Lose Leg
2006-02-18: New Technique for Stretching Axonal Connections May Lead to New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
2006-02-16: Interesting Admissions of a Trucking Company Safety Director
2006-02-16: Malpractice Premiums and Insurance Profits Continue to Soar
2006-02-14: Split Decision in Supreme Court on Tort Reform Venue Provisions
2006-02-11: Georgia Highway Markers Memorialize DUI Victims
2006-02-11: Truck Drivers’ Sleep Deprivation Is a Worldwide Safety Problem
2006-02-11: “Fireman’s Rule” Applies to Emt’s in Georgia
2006-02-11: Committee for Justice for All
2006-02-11: Corpreform.com
2006-02-10: Faulty Maintenance and Training on Truck Air Brakes
2006-02-09: London Researchers Plan Human Trials for Stem Cell Treatment of Nerve & Spinal Cord Injury
2006-02-09: Tractor Trailer Kills Minnesota Couple on I-26 in South Carolina
2006-02-09: Study Debunks Arguments for “One Size Fits All” Cap on Malpractice Damages
2006-02-07: Punitive Damages Against Drunk Drivers
2006-02-07: Resilient Spirit of Spinal Cord Injury Victims
2006-02-07: US Paraplegic Going to China for Olfactory Stem Cell Implant in Spinal Cord
2006-02-07: Macon Telegraph Editorial: Tort Reform Legislation Went Too Far, Need Insurance Reform Now
2006-02-06: Sorting Out Truck Insurance Coverages and Indemnity Agreements
2006-02-06: Service of Process on Foreign Corporations in Georgia
2006-02-03: Early Morning Truck Crash on I-95 Near GA-Sc Line Kills Three
2006-02-03: Driver Log Violations Ruled Negligence per Se
2006-02-01: Constitutional Status of Tort Law
2006-01-31: Truck Wrecks Kill 19 People in 15-Hour Period
2006-01-27: Fatigued Florida Trucker Kills Seven Kids in One Family, Injures Several on School Bus
2006-01-27: Remarkable Testimony in Truck Drivers’ Depositions
2006-01-25: Overturned Latex Tanker Closes I-85 South in Gwinnett for 12 Hours
2006-01-24: Carpet Mill Workers Continue to Be Maimed or Killed by Defective Equipment
2006-01-24: State Tort Claims Act — Supreme Court Allows Some Procedural Grace
2006-01-23: Georgia Criminal Law Blog
2006-01-17: Tort Reform Has Not Produced Promised Cut in Doctors’ Insurance Premiums
2006-01-11: New Georgia Rule on Admission Pro Hac Vice
2006-01-08: A Tale of 2 Truckers: Good Samaritan Trucker Killed by Drowsy Trucker with No Log
2006-01-08: Hospital Acquired Infections
2006-01-08: Stem Cell Therapy for Auditory Nerves?
2006-01-08: What First Year Associate Is Worth $115,000 Salary?
2005-12-14: A Day at the 11th Circuit
2005-12-08: Tractor Trailer Rear-Ends Slower Moving Bus in Ohio
2005-12-04: Olfactory Stem Cells May Be Used for Spinal Cord Repair
2005-12-03: Jackson County Woman Indicted for Vehicular Homicide & DUI
2005-12-03: Robotic Treadmill Training Helps Retrain Brain to Walk After Sci
2005-12-03: Quadriplegic Uses Thoughts to Control Computer & Prosthetic Hand
2005-12-03: Reservations About Soft Drink Class Action Suit
2005-12-02: Hypertonic Resuscitation May Help Victims of Blunt Trauma Brain Injury
2005-12-02: Court Orders Stronger Training Standards for Commercial Truck Drivers
2005-12-02: Research on Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
2005-12-02: Sexual Harrassment Ruling Illustrates Difficulty of Such Cases
2005-12-01: Tractor Trailer Runs Red Light, Kills Gainesville Man
2005-12-01: Common Sense Approach to Daubert Objections to Treating Physician Testimony
2005-12-01: Electronic Discovery “Best Practices”
2005-12-01: Liquified Oxygen Tank Truck Driver Falls Asleep, Dies in Fiery Crash
2005-11-30: Gravel Truck Speeds Through Red Light, Strikes Van, Kills Driver
2005-11-30: DOT May Be Liable for Death Caused by Drop-off at Edge of Pavement
2005-11-28: Fmcsa Putting More Emphasis on Truck Driver Qualifications
2005-11-28: States Fail to Report One-Third of Large Truck Wrecks
2005-11-28: Bus Driver Falls Asleep, Kills 2 Passengers
2005-11-27: Drive Safer Sunday in Georgia
2005-11-27: Big-Rig Crashes Increase 39 Percent in S.c.
2005-11-27: Trucker Kills 2, Flees Scene
2005-11-25: Gas Station Owner Had Superior Knowledge of Tripping Hazard of Non-Retractable Gas Hoses
2005-11-23: Negligence per Se Upheld in Medical Malpractice Case
2005-11-22: Wiilful Failure to Respond to Discovery Leads to Dismissal of Suit
2005-11-22: Sleep-Deprived Trucker Forces Evacuation in Vermont
2005-11-21: Penn State Study Shows Increased Risk for Truck Wrecks in 11th Hour of Driving Under New Hours of Service Rule
2005-11-17: Truck Wheel Comes off, Bounces on Top of Car, Kills Woman
2005-11-16: Freedom of Information Act Requests About Trucking Companies
2005-11-14: Failure to Charge Fmcsr “Extreme Caution” Standard, Rather Than State Negligence Standard, Reversible Error in California
2005-11-03: Purpose of Trucking Safety Rules
2005-11-02: Need to Prove Applicability of Trucking Rules in Litigation
2005-11-02: Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute
2005-11-01: Intoxicated Truck Driver Kills 4 on Hayride
2005-09-23: Broad Waiver of Truck Safety Rules After Hurricane Katrina
2005-09-17: Trucker with 63 Violations & 23 License Suspensions Kills a Second Time
2005-09-15: Burning Man Jumps from Bridge into River After Struck by Tractor Trailer and Car Burst into Flames
2005-09-14: U.s. Express Announces Use of “Smart Cruise” to Alert Truck Drivers Approaching Too Close Behind Another Vehicle
2005-09-09: Tractor Trailer Hits Car Stopped in Emergency Lane in Bartow County, Kills 1, Injures 1,
2005-09-09: Honda Driver Killed When Rear-Ended by Tractor Trailer on I-75
2005-09-01: Help Hurricane Relief
2005-08-31: Truck Driver Charged with Deaths of 4 in Rear End Collision in Indiana
2005-08-30: Landscaping Truck Runs Red Light, Overturns, Spills Logs, Injures 2 in Peachtree City
2005-08-30: Premises Liability – Tennessee Adopts “Mode of Operation” Doctrine in Premises Cases
2005-08-29: Research Targets Acrolein as Factor in Spinal Cord Tissue Damage After Trauma
2005-08-29: Law Enforcement Sees Pattern of More Rear End Collisions by Tractor Trailers
2005-08-29: Alabama Jury Gives $29 Million Wrongful Death Verdict Against Trucker on Meth
2005-08-28: Al Truck Wreck Kills GA Woman, Injures Her Two Sisters
2005-08-28: New Texas Laws May Deter Some Drunk Driving
2005-08-28: Hit & Run Trucker Leaves Other Truck Driver Burned Beyond Recognition on I-85 in Coweta County
2005-08-28: Ford Pinto Deja Vu – Crown Vic, Grand Marquis, Town Car
2005-08-27: American Insurance Association Criticizes Hours of Service Rule
2005-08-23: Tractor Trailer Runs Red Light, Crashes into Parked Car in Albany, GA
2005-08-23: Car Crushed and Burned, Driver Killed, When Rearended by Tractor Trailer on I-75 in Florida
2005-08-23: Tractor Trailer Crosses Median, Kills Two in Opposite Lanes
2005-08-23: Dozing Truck Driver Flips Over, Kills Man Pumping Gas
2005-08-15: Electronic Filing in Georgia’s Federal Courts
2005-08-12: Proposed New Georgia Rules of Evidence
2005-08-10: Punitive Damages for Violation of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
2005-08-10: Backdoor Tort Reform Through Professional Association Discipline
2005-08-04: Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts Down Top-End I-285
2005-08-01: Separate Truck Lanes Proposed for Metro Atlanta
2005-07-28: 4 Tractor Trailers and 3 Other Vehicles in Inferno on I-285
2005-07-19: Legal Recovery for Flood Damage Downstream from New Developments
2005-07-14: $350,000 Noneconomic Damages Cap Held Unconstitutional in Wisconsin
2005-07-13: Cell Phone/Gps Device Would Log Truckers’ Hours of Service
2005-07-12: A Balanced View of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Issues
2005-07-07: Fmcsa Launches Spanish Language Web Site
2005-07-06: Article on “Black Box” Data Recorders in Trucks, and Truckers’ Resistance to Their Use
2005-07-06: Truck Driver Shot in Face with Bottle Rocket, Tank Truck Crashes
2005-07-04: Trucker Crosses Median in Tampa, Kills Motorist in Oncoming Lane
2005-07-04: 2 Children Killed by Truck Drifting off Road in Illinois
2005-06-29: 3 Killed & 7 Injured by DUI Trucker on I-285
2005-06-29: Fatal Crash on I-95 Near Brunswick GA After Truck Tire Blows Out
2005-06-28: Obscure Options for Health Care Coverage in Georgia
2005-06-28: Truck Driver Shortage
2005-06-27: Scientists Identify Natural Toxin That May Contribute to Paralysis After Spinal Cord Trauma
2005-06-27: Report on Lax Security That Led to Courthouse Shootings
2005-06-27: Time Is of the Essence in Catastrophic Injury Cases
2005-06-26: Nanotechnology May Aid Use of Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
2005-06-26: New Research on Cause and Potential Treatment of Bedsores
2005-06-26: Brooke Ellison Story Is Inspirational Movie About Young Quadriplegic
2005-06-26: Spinal Cord Injury Basics
2005-06-26: Shepherd Center in Atlanta Is Procord Trial Treatment Site
2005-06-26: Shepherd Center Is a Top Center for Quadriplegic, Paraplegic & Brain Injury Victims
2005-06-25: GA Supreme Court Holds That Rico Burden of Proof Is Preponderance of Evidence
2005-06-22: Georgia Court of Appeals Takes First Look at 2004 Forum Non Conveniens Statute
2005-06-22: Trucking Communications Technology Documents Facts
2005-06-22: Trucking Insurance — Mcs-90 Endorsements
2005-06-22: Trucking Litigation: Independent Statutory Cause of Action for Fmcsr Violations
2005-06-22: Trucking — Blessing and Curse
2005-06-05: Verdict of “Zero Damages” Inadequate as Matter of Law
2005-06-05: 9-15-14 Sanctions Limited to Fees Due to Sanctionable Conduct
2005-06-05: Psychological Treatment Records Still Privileged in GA
2005-06-05: Med Mal Statute of Repose Trumps Unrepresented Estate Statute
2005-06-04: Log Truck Dumps Load on Jeep — Exempt from Motor Carrier Rules in Georgia
2005-06-04: Insurance Defense Counsel and “Managed Representation”
2005-06-04: Understanding the Tripartite Relationship of Insurance Defense Counsel, Insurer & Insured
2005-06-04: Insurance Contracts Construed to Protect Reasonable Expectations of Insureds
2005-06-04: Research on Drug to Curb Effects of Brain & Spinal Cord Injury
2005-06-04: Testimony of Treating Physicians Under Daubert
2005-06-04: Reports from the Field on Use of Offers of Judgment
2005-06-04: 18-Wheeler Crashes & Burns in Dallas Morning Rush Hour
2005-06-04: Nj Dump Truck Crashes into Van, Killing Woman in Wheelchair
2005-06-04: Rising Medical Malpractice Premiums Due to Insurers’ Investment Returns, Not Verdicts
2005-05-25: Two Truckers Charged in Chain Reaction Collisions on I-16 Near Savannah
2005-05-25: Tractor Trailer Overturns & Burns, Shuts Down I-75 at Rush Hour
2005-05-21: Motor Vehicle Reorganization Misguided, Wasteful
2005-05-20: Study Shows “Tort Tax” Is an Insurance Industry Fabrication
2005-05-17: “Tort Reform” Not High Priority for Most Small Business Owners
2005-05-17: The Frivolous Economic Arguments for “Tort Reform”
2005-05-13: Burning Truck Driver Leaps to River from I-495 Bridge
2005-05-07: Offer of Judgment Rule May Be Substantive, for Prospective Application Only, Even Though Sb3 Says Otherwise
2005-05-07: Retroactive Application of New Expert Rules Unconstitutional
2005-05-07: Georgia Enactment of Daubert May Be Unconstitutional
2005-05-07: Liability Suits for Negligent Security in Courthouse Shooting Deaths?
2005-05-07: Legal Problems for Runaway Bride Jennifer Wilbanks?
2005-05-04: Trucker Who Killed Cop in Wreck Was Disqualified from Driving Truck
2005-05-03: Rule on Truck Driver Training Does Not Require Learning to Drive Truck on the Highway
2005-04-27: Trucking Fatalities Rise Second Year in a Row
2005-04-26: Offer of Judgment Rule Gets Little Use in Georgia So Far
2005-04-26: Cyclical Changes in Insurance Market, with or Without Tort “Reform”
2005-04-26: “Occupation Defense” in Disability Insurance
2005-04-26: Disability Does Not Mean Total Helplessness
2005-04-25: 8 Die Due to Bus Driver’s Sleep Apnea and Trucking Company’s Poor Brake Maintenance
2005-04-25: Truck Fails to Slow in Construction Zone; 3 Die in Fiery Pileup
2005-04-24: Reasonable Expectations of the Insured
2005-04-21: Proposals for More “Tort Reform” in 2006
2005-04-15: Sale of Business; Liquidated Damages for Breach of Contract
2005-04-13: DOT Official Urges Requirement of on-Board Recorders
2005-04-13: Fmcsa Kills Data Collection Program
2005-04-06: Employment Contract – Covenant Not to Compete Held Unreasonable and Overbroad
2005-04-06: Claim Against GA DOT Bounced Due to Technical Flaw in Pre-Suit Notice
2005-04-04: Marta Not Subject to Punitive Damages Claim
2005-04-03: New Study Details Ford Explorer Roof Crush Problem
2005-04-01: Shareholder’s Rights, Covenants Not to Compete
2005-03-30: A Win for the Home Team in Dentist’s Disability Insurance Case
2005-03-26: Trucker’s U-Turn on I-35 at 5 Am Fatal to Another Trucker
2005-03-25: 3 Tractor Trailers Crash on I-59 in Mississippi at 2: 44 Am
2005-03-25: Fatal Kentucky Crash Caused by Trucker Falling Asleep
2005-03-25: Georgia Trucker Killed in 4 Am Crash in Sc
2005-03-24: Sealed Load of Bell Peppers Overturns in Alabama, Beer Cans in Truck Cab
2005-03-23: One of Venue Provisions in Sb 3 Held Unconstitutional
2005-03-22: Fatal Crash with Trailer That Got Stuck Across Highway in U-Turn
2005-03-22: Will Dismantling of Dmvs Increase Truck Wrecks in GA?
2005-03-18: Dangers of Longer Work Hours for Truckers
2005-03-17: Immigration Status Not Discoverable in 9th Circuit
2005-03-17: Economic Efficiency of the Common Law of Torts
2005-03-17: Hours of Service Compliance Not Enough to Avoid Sleep Deprivation
2005-03-16: Truck Drivers Driving Longer and Dozing at Wheel More Under New Hours of Service Rules
2005-03-15: Sleep Apnea as Cause of Crashes
2005-03-13: How Could This Happen?
2005-03-12: Legislators Challenge Authority of GA Supreme Court to Regulate Practice of Law
2005-03-12: Truck Crashes & Burns at 1 Am on Interstate Near Austin, Tx
2005-03-12: Preventing Truck Driver Fatigue & Accidents
2005-03-11: Studies Clash on Safety Impact of Hours Rule
2005-03-11: So What Happens After Resident Defendant Gets Out?
2005-03-11: Settlement Planning Aids
2005-03-11: Product Recalls in March 2005
2005-03-11: 2 Truckers Die in Crash in Australia
2005-03-11: Tractor Trailer Runs off Interstate, Hits Bridge Abutment in Tn
2005-03-11: Texas Study Debunks Arguments for “Tort Reform”
2005-03-11: Georgia Tech’s Drive Atlanta Study
2005-03-11: Fatal Crash Statistics for Georgia
2005-03-10: Work Product Privilege; Piercing Corporate Veil; Unjust Enrichment
2005-03-10: 16 Hour Work Day for Truckers Ditched in Congress
2005-03-10: How the Media Helps the Insurance Industry Promote the Myth of America’s “Lawsuit Crisis. ”
2005-03-10: Truck Driver Fatigue, and How the New Rules Do and Don’t Help
2005-03-10: Fair Business Practices Act, Fraud
2005-03-10: Breach of Contract, Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; Fraud
2005-03-10: Daubert – Scientific Misconceptions Among Gatekeepers
2005-03-09: Daubert – Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions
2005-03-09: Daubert Expert
2005-03-09: How to Live with Daubert in Georgia Courts
2005-03-09: Daubert — How Are Judges to Judge Science?
2005-03-09: Fatal Head-on Crash of Two Tractor Trailers in Sumter County, GA
2005-03-09: Overweight Coal Truck in Fatal Crash in Kentucky
2005-03-09: Arkansas Congressman Would Have Truck Drivers Work 16 Hours per Day
2005-03-09: Trucking Companies Liable for Injury Even to Unauthorized Passengers
2005-03-09: “Extreme Caution” Standard of Care in 49 C.f.r. § 392.14 May Preempt Any Lower Standard Under State Laws
2005-03-09: Manufacturers Duty to Warn of Foreseeable Hazards
2005-03-09: Wrongful Death Liability Under the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act
2005-03-08: Statutory Construction in Georgia
2005-03-08: Clarifying “Preponderance of the Evidence” Jury Instructions
2005-03-08: Offer of Judgment Survey
2005-03-07: Overview of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
2005-03-07: Clarifying “Proximate Cause” in Georgia Tort Jury Instructions
2005-03-07: Truck Driver Training, Long Hours, Poor Conditions, High Turnover
2005-03-07: Georgian Killed in Louisiana Truck Crash
2005-03-07: GA. 400 Head-on Crash Kills 2, Injures 4
2005-03-07: What Is the Net Impact of Caps on Noneconomic Damages?
2005-03-07: When Is a Manufacturer Responsible for Injury Due to a Defective Product?
2005-03-06: Yost Deja Vu; Wisdom of “No First Use” Policy on Offers of Judgment
2005-03-06: Truck Driver Fell Asleep, Crashed, Burned, Shut Down I-40 in Tn
2005-03-06: What Is Tort Law?
2005-03-06: What Does Georgia Automobile Insurance Coverage Include?
2005-03-06: What Are Contingent Attorney Fees?
2005-03-06: Business Week Article Proposes Balanced, Limited Approach to Tort Reform
2005-03-06: Real Estate Litigation — Buyer’s Failure to Get Complete Environmental Assessment Treated as Contributory or Comparative Negligence
2005-03-06: Summary Judgment for Good Samaritan Trucker — Reid V. Midwest Transp
2005-03-06: Electronic Filing Becomes Mandatory in Northern District of Georgia
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform — Mandatory Periodic Payment of Future Damages in Malpractice Cases
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform — Cap on Noneconomic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform – Notice That Hospitals Not Responsible for Independent Contractor Professionals
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform — Virtual Immunity from Liability for Hospital Er Treatment
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform — Mandatory Reporting of All Medical Malpractice Settlements and Judgments
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform — Daubert Adopted in Civil Cases Only
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform – Doctors’ Statements of Regret Inadmissible in Evidence
2005-03-06: Georgia Tort Reform – Plaintiff Must Sign Authorization When Filing Medical Malpractice Case
2005-03-05: Georgia Tort Reform – Malpractice Affidavit Changes
2005-03-05: Georgia Tort Reform – Vanishing Venue and Forum Non Conveniens
2005-03-05: Georgia Tort Reform — Proportional Liability Replaces Joint & Several Liability
2005-03-05: Dozing Truck Driver Crashes & Burns in Texas
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2005-03-05: Daubert Expert
2005-03-05: Daubert on the Web
2005-03-05: Trip Alert Software to Keep Truckers on Track
2005-03-05: Ecm Data Issue? Trucking Company Seeks Return of Truck That Killed Cop
2005-03-05: Tractor with Empty Refrigerated Produce Trailer Jackknifes in Ohio
2005-03-03: Georgia Tort Reform — Puzzling Offer of Judgment Rule
2005-03-03: Truck Pileup in Snow Storm on I-75
2005-03-03: Fatal Truck Crash in Snowstorm
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