Atlanta Injury Law Blog

Survivors of spinal cord injury face life-long problems with mobility.  As an attorney representing spinal cord injury survivors, I have often addressed needs for adapted vehicles in life care plans. Now there is news of the first factory-built, wheelchair accessible car – the MV-1 – which is a milestone for the 14 million American adults…

Time and time again, as a trucking accident trial attorney in Georgia, I have seen the dangers of overly tired truck drivers who violated Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations hours of service rules. The paper drivers’ logs are called “comic books” for a reason. Now we see that 2010 Roadcheck revealed that violations for false…

As an Atlanta injury attorney practicing throughout Georgia with a special interest in spinal cord and traumatic brain injury cases, I was glad to see that Shepherd Center, within walking distance from my office, will host the North American Neurorehabilitation Symposium on August 27 and 28, 2010. The program is designed primarily for medical professionals…

As a lawyer in Atlanta representing injured people in Georgia, I was disappointed when a three judge panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals interpreted OCGA 51-12-33 to require apportionment of damages among multiple parties — whether or not they are in the case and whether or not they can be held legally or financially…

Atlanta police are investigating the shooting death of a woman in her fourth floor unit in a stylish Gramercy apartments on Roswell Road in Buckhead.  I’m not reacting to this as a wrongful death lawyer, but as a neighbor, husband and father. Any sudden death is awful. Death at the hands of a violent criminal…

As Georgia trucking lawyer who has lived in Sandy Springs for 26 years, I was saddened to hear recently that a woman was killed when she was hit by a 18 wheeler on I-285 near Riverwood High School where my son had his glory days in high school football. Rosario Velez, 44, was in her…

As an Atlanta trucking accident and wrongful death attorney living in Sandy Springs, I was saddened a couple of weeks ago to hear that a woman had been killed when she was struck by a tractor trailer a couple of exits up from my home, near the high school from which my son graduated. Rosario Velez,…

As an Atlanta personal injury trial lawyer, I have been hearing rumblings about a coming wave of lawsuits against BP arising from the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Today a class action was filed against BP in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. It asks for compensation…

In a column in the San Antonio Express-News (7/9), Scott Stroud writes, All of a sudden, with oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig threatening to ruin the entire Gulf of Mexico, limits on legal liability don’t look so good. Charles M. Silver, the McDonald Chair in Civil Procedure at the University of Texas at Austin,…

Several times a year clients ask whether a monetary recovery for an injury or death is taxable. The short answer is no, but there are exceptions. It’s hard enough being injured, and then having to bring a lawsuit to obtain proper compensation and payments for your injuries. It would add insult to injury if you…