Disaster struck a Wisconsin family on Saturday while passing through Albany, GA, returning from vacation. A pickup truck that swerved from the oncoming lane on a four-lane state highway northeast of Albany. According to a report in the Tomah Journal, Jesse Parker, 17, of Tomah, Wisconsin, was killed. HIs sister, Gabrielle, 16, was in critical…
Continue reading ›The driver of an Atlanta ice cream truck was seriously injured this morning when a tractor trailer pulled out in front of him. According to a report by Chip Towers in the AJC, a tractor trailer on Camp Creek Parkway turned left on a green light, but without a green turn arrow. An ice cream…
Continue reading ›A West Georgia Ambulance driver crossed the center line and crashed head on into a truck in Carrollton on Monday. Reportedly the ambulance was not on an emergency call. Both drivers were injured. The ambulance driver was transported by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center. Here’s the most pertinent portion of Georgia law on operation of…
Continue reading ›When you or a loved one have been badly hurt in a catastrophic trucking accident, you may expect someone from the trucking company or its insurer to try to lull you into complacency. The objective is to avoid paying the value of the case, which they recognize is substantial. The tactics may remind you of…
Continue reading ›Two cement mixer trucks rolled over yesterday morning in Mississippi. This highlights something I have learned as a Georgia trucking accident attorney. In loaded cement mixer trucks the center of gravity is high and constantly shifting. Road tests described in standard truck driver training materials in the ready-mix concrete industry graphically describe the handling characteristics.…
Continue reading ›This morning on I-85 near Newnan, Georgia, a tractor trailer wrecked due to a blown tire. A 72-year-old trucker driving a 1996 International 4000 tractor-trailer crashed when a right tire reportedly blew on the vehicle, causing him to lose control and strike a guardrail. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. It was a local truck delivering…
Continue reading ›A truck wreck in New Hampshire sounds similar to the the first interstate trucking personal injury case I handled as a “puppy lawyer” about 25 years ago, before I learned the basics of anything as fundamental as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. In the New Hampshire accident this morning, a state snow plow truck…
Continue reading ›Driving a gasoline tanker truck is one of the most dangerous and nerve-racking of occupations. I have heard from tanker truck drivers that they live in constant amprehension of disaster. After a relatively minor collision, their stress may suffer a form of post-traumatic stress disorder from contemplation of the close call. This week a gasoline…
Continue reading ›As an Atlanta trucking accident lawyer, I am always saddened to hear of yet another needless fatality on our metro roads and highways. This morning there was yet another report of the driver of a passenger vehicle being killed in an encounter with a tractor trailer, this time on Campbellton Road between Fulton Industrial Boulevard…
Continue reading ›A collision between a tractor trailer and a fire truck in Crisp County, Georgia, killed the Ohio trucker and sent a local volunteer fireman to a hospital last Saturday. The Ohio trucker, 33-year-old Shane Alan Waters of New Madison, Ohio, was killed. Ironically, he was also a volunteer fireman back in Ohio. The cause of…
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