Atlanta Injury Law Blog

One of the many common scenarios in tractor trailer crashes involves the lost truck driver looking for a destination, making turns across traffic, attempting to turn around in inadequate locations, blocking roadways in the dark, etc. One of the many new technological solutions being offered to trucking companies seeks to reduce the problem of lost…

In Nashville, TN, Continental Express is seeking return of a road tractor-trailer and cargo of paper that was involved in a 7/19/04 crash that killed a police officer. Police say the truck driver was speeding on Interstate 40 and driving recklessly when he crashed into the officer’s cruiser. A stranded motorist the officer was helping…

On 3/2/05 in Akron, Ohio, a tractor trailer driver from California passed a slower moving vehicle, lost control, hit a guardrail and a bridge abudment, and jackknifed, blocking all westbound traffic. Miraculously, no other vehicles were involved and no one was injured. The tractor was hauling an empty refrigerated trailer. See news story. Ken Shigley…

Georgia’s tort reform legislation, Senate Bill 3, includes in Section 5 an offer of settlement / offer of judgment provision that, if carried to its full potential, will be extremely oppressive to middle class plaintiffs and may incur “mutual assured destruction” on both plaintiff and defense bars. Or, if a tacit truce evolves and it…