As an attorney handling brain injury cases throughout Georgia, I have often seen children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sometimes it is clear that the injury is catastrophic and long-term. In other cases, it is tempting to think the young person simply got his “bell rung” and should shake it off. But we…
Continue reading ›In the course of my personal injury law practice based in Atlanta, Georgia, often I have been called to meet with the family of a traumatic brain injury victim at a hospital intensive care unit, rehab facility or nursing home. Entering the room I see the patient in a coma or occasionally in a persistent…
Continue reading ›The recent wave of bitterly cold weather, which led to school closings in Atlanta and north Georgia, brought to mind the types if injuries that happens in cold snaps. I remember every winter during my rural childhood some kid in my school would lose their home in a fire. These were generally old, simple country…
Continue reading ›1. Accept only cases you would be willing to take to trial. Probably every plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death trial lawyer has accepted weak cases on the assumption that there would be an easy settlement. That is how a lawyer wastes time and money taking losing cases to trial. If you expect to provide…
Continue reading ›2013 has been a great year for me. Since concluding service as immediate past president of the State Bar of Georgia in June, I have changed everything except my wife, children and home. With an energetic new office, a great new staff, my advocacy batteries recharged through Trial Lawyers College, and now training for future…
Continue reading ›Police have reported that a recent fatal crash on I-75 in Henry County may have caused by tire failure. The crash happened before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on I-75 southbound just south of Jodeco Road. According to media reports, investigators believe tire failure may have caused a Ford F-150 to overturn, ejecting both the driver and…
Continue reading ›Cement mixer trucks have unique handling characteristics and are subject to much of the body of motor carrier safety regulations. But many of the cement companies have slack training and safety procedures. In my Atlanta-based personal injury and wrongful death practice, which includes a large number of accidents involving large trucks, a while back I…
Continue reading ›As families prepare to travel during the holidays, make sure your kids are safely buckled up for the trip you and and that you understand the new child car seat standards that will change in the New Year. Starting in 2014, the new recommendation states that the Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) system…
Continue reading ›Our work in automobile accident lawsuits has been made more complex, and to some extent more subject to accurate proof, by the proliferation of “black boxes” recording computer data of some sort in virtually every late model vehicle on the road. Most people have heard that after plane crashes, investigators look for the “black box”…
Continue reading ›Henry County has always been a great hometown for folks who grew up there or who adopted it as it has become a growing suburb. I’ve felt it every time I have had a case there in the past 30 years and every time I went to one of my kids’ athletic events there. It…
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