Atlanta Injury Law Blog

Today I’m heading home from the American Association for Justice annual meeting in San Francisco. On Saturday, I was one of the speakers at the Interstate Trucking Litigation Group seminar.  I had a fairly dry topic, though one necessary in these difficult economic times, “Hard Times in Trucking Litigation: What to Do When the Trucking Defendant…

As a trucking trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, I occasionally have one of those “Perry Mason moments” when the defendant breaks down and confesses that his whole story was a pack of lies. Not often, but it does happen. According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, this week in a courtroom in Cleburne,…

As a trucking trial attorney working statewide in Georgia, I often see how accident investigations go awry due to the trucking company’s rapid response to crashes, while the victims are unable to tell officers their side of the story and do not retain appropriate lawyers until months after important evidence has disappeared. Late Thursday night,…

Lawyers who rely on traditional referrals and upon informed consumers researching experience and qualifications are at a distinct disadvantage these days. Many people just respond to a TV or billboard ad because they have no idea how to intelligently choose a lawyer. Recently I ran across an e-book which you can download — The Smart…

As a personal injury and wrongful death trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, I see a lot of the bad things that happen to good people. But sometimes we see some good news. Georgia’s fatal traffic wrecks declined from  1,729 in 2005 to 1,507 in 2008. The rate of Georgia road fatalities per miles traveled decreased 4…

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…

In my personal injury law practice in Atlanta, Georgia, I see too many reports of injuries and deaths in highway construction zones. And almost every day, somewhere in the country, there is another instance of a vehicle crossing over highway median strips to strike oncoming vehicles head-on. Last week I spent a day poring through…

Safety advocates, led by Stephen Owings, an Atlanta financial planner, are joined by the American Trucking Association in seeking rules requiring speed governors on interstate commercial trucks. They say the devices will save both lives and money. Owings started Road Safe America after his son, Cullum, was killed on a Virginia interstate in 2002. Stuck…

Both citizen safety advocates, led by Stephen Owings, an Atlanta financial planner, and the American Trucking Association have joined in seeking rules requiring speed limiting devices on interstate commercial trucks. They say the devices will save both lives and money. Owings founded Road Safe America after his son, Cullum, was killed on a Virginia interstate…

Lawyers who rely on traditional referrals and upon informed consumers researching experience and qualifications are at a distinct disadvantage these days. Too many potential clients simply go to firms that advertise on TV and billboards, without any disclosure of the experience or qualifications of who will actually handle the cases. Recently I ran across an…