Articles Posted in Drunk Driving Liability

As a personal injury trial lawyer in Georgia, I have often told clients that they do not want what goes with the kind of case that makes headlines. It is better to have good health than a multi-million dollar injury case. A recent New Jersey case is a good illustration of that. In 1999, an Aramark…

On 1/11/08, a Lavonia, Georgia woman was killed on Highway 17 in Hart County when another vehicle crossed the center line and hit her head on. Georgia State Patrol reported that a 51-year-old Lavonia man faces charges including vehicular homicide and DUI drugs. This report was from Ashley Cox at AccessNorthGa.com. The Shigley Law Firm,…

In Moore v. Thompson, 255 Ga. 236 (1985), the Supreme Court held prior or subsequent DUI’s are admissible on the issue of punitive damages. The court in Moore held that this evidence would require a bifurcated trial in order to avoid prejudice, so the prior DUI would not be admissible during the liability phase of…

Georgia has slowly begun erecting highway signs memorializing people killed by drunk drivers. To be eligible, a person must have been killed by a drunken driver since May 13, 2004, the date the law was signed. Georgia had 450 drunken-driving fatalities that year. The death also must have occurred on a state or federal highway…

Since my days as a young prosecutor, I have observed the mayhem wrought by drunk drivers. Therefore, I am pleased to sponsor the updated web site for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Georgia chapter. When drunk drivers cause wrecks, Georgia jurors are often ready to send a message that such conduct is unacceptable, even if…

Jefferson, GA, 12/2/05 According to a news report from Athens, a Jackson County woman was under the influence of a combination of drugs, including Oxycodone and Diazepam, at the time of a fatal April 1 wreck on U.S. Highway 441 just south of Commerce, according to a newly released indictment. Cindy Edwards Jackson, 37, was…