Atlanta Injury Law Blog

I love it when I see a court use my points to rule my way on an unrelated case. We have a case in which we represent the estate and siblings of a young man who was killed by a drunk driver.  Their father had more DUI’s than anyone in the history of Georgia on…

One of the disturbing things we encounter in trucking litigation is the lack of any regulatory requirement of screening for obstructive sleep apnea, even though so many truck drivers fit the profile to be at high risk for the disorder — middle aged, overweight, hyptertensive, sedentary, etc. According to a July 2002 study released by…

An Emory Medical School doctor working with victims of traumatic brain injury at Grady Hospital in Atlanta has published a study suggesting that the female hormone progesterone can be a safe, effective treatment for brain injury.  Animal studies have indicated that giving progesterone soon after injury reduces brain swelling, prevents nerve death and improves functional…

Yet another state Supreme Court has held that an arbitrary cap on damages violates the state constitution.  In Arrinton v. ER Physicians Group, APMC, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a $500,000.00 cap on medical malpractice damages was unconstitutional as failing to provide the plaintiffs an adequate remedy” as guaranteed under…

An article in today’s Dallas Morning News explains the obvious: “Trucking companies sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to avoid admitting fault in fatal accidents. They purge onboard computers, falsify records and destroy documents that federal law requires them to keep.” We’ve seen it too often.  The Shigley Law Firm  represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and…

The American Transportation Research Institute, the research arm of the American Trucking Associations, released the results Sept. 12 of its industry analysis of using the recorders to monitor driver hours. The ATRI research does contradict perceptions that the devices would hurt driver morale and retention. A surprising 76 percent of users said the recorders had…

Science magazine recently published a report on a young woman devastated by a car crash in England. For five months after the accident, tests showed no signs of awareness. Doctors declared her vegetative. Then, scientists put her in a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scanner, which tracks blood flow to different parts of the brain.…

In a landmark decision released August 31, 2006, the Georgia Court of Appeals has resolved in one case two crucial issues on Uninsured Motorist (UM) insurance coverage: Read the full decision below. RUFFIN, Chief Judge. Richard Abrohams and his minor son were injured in a motor vehicle collision with an underinsured motorist. After the collision,…

The trucker who killed 5 students and injured 4 when he crashed into a Taylor University van in Indiana last April was grossly over the legal hours of service.  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations limit interstate commercial truck drivers operators to no more than 11 hours of driving time following 10 hours off duty and…

The New York Times reports that big New York City law firms have raised the starting salaries for kids just out of law school to $145,000.  (Large Atlanta firms raised starting salaries to $115,000 earlier this year.)  The $145,000 starting salary figure is striking to me because, without adjusting for inflation, it is exactly ten…