Atlanta Injury Law Blog

Every few months for several years, I have received emails about the “Stella Awards.” This purports to be a summary of the most frivolous and absurd lawsuits. The problem is that the stories it tells are false.  It appears to be a collection of the most absurd fictional lawsuit stories that someone could make up for…

As long as truck drivers for interstate motor carriers have been required to log their driving, on duty and off duty time, falsification of logs has been common. Some drivers — though certainly not all — have regarded their logs as “comic books.” We have unraveled webs of deception to show that driver logs in…

To control truck driver fatigue, for many years federal regulations have required interstate truck drivers to log their driving, on duty and off duty time. But from the beginning, falsification of logs has been common. Many have regarded driver logs as “comic books.” In our cases, we have unraveled webs of deception to show that…

If you stand on River Street in Savannah for more than a few minutes, you will see a huge ocean-going container ship gliding up the Savannah River, stacked high with hundreds of freight containers. Then if you drive along our Interstate highways you will see those shipping containers bolted to trailer chassis (referred to as…

The insurance industry always winds up blaming injury victims and their lawyers for premium increases that result from investment losses and hurricanes.  However, there is a revealing article this week in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Increases of car and insurance rates of 5% to 11% in Georgia this year are — accordnig to insurance industry…

In my work as a catastrophic injury trial lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, I have often worked with clients who have lost a loved one in a sudden traumatic event.  To see a video of me talking about wrongful death case, click here. In working with grieving survivors, we must be sensitive to the stages of…

This news story brings out the old prosecutor in me. Sunday evening in Gwinnett County, a young mom walked out to the street to tell a driver who had repeatedly sped through her neighborhood to slow down. But the allegedly drunk driver ran off the road and hit her, crushing her between the front of…

On June 5th, there was another fatal accident involving tractor trailers in Georgia. The seven vehicle fatal pileup involved an RV, two tractor trailers and four passenger vehicles were involved in the accident near Dry Pond Road in Jackson County. There was an accident about 3:30 AM which resulted in a traffic backup. A second…

The Obama administration has announced that Anne Ferro will be nominated to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. She is currently president of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, a trucking industry organization. Previously she ran the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, administering drivers licenses. Her nomination drew immediate praise from trucking industry officials. But the…

For years both lawyers and insurance claims professionals assumed that a plaintiff could not win a substantial verdict in certain suburban Atlanta counties, notably Cobb and Gwinnett.  Until the past couple of years, I felt the same way. Last week, there was a verdict for $1,937,500 in Cobb County.  The plaintiff was an assistant attorney general…