Atlanta Injury Law Blog

Over the years I’ve been incredibly inspired by the courage and spirit of clients who have spinal cord injuries.  One of those is Alyson Roth, who became a paraplegic in an accident on the trip home from a summer job with Campus Crusade at Yosemite prior to her senior year at Samford University.   Alyson…

The tort reform legislation in Georgia continues to erode in the face of constitutional challenges. The latest chip in the armor is a ruling from Judge Anthony Alaimo, a legendary federal district judge in Brunswick. featured in The Sicilian Judge: Anthony Alaimo, an American Hero. The son of Sicilian immigrants, he was a bomber pilot…

While my law practice primarily involves representing individuals and families in injury and death claims caused by negligent trucking companies, I get a lot of calls from truck drivers. Some of them are bright, sophisticated people. Last week I had a call from a truck driver who has a master’s degree from a nationally prominent…

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals was a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1993 that led to a sea change in standards for admitting expert testimony into evidence. Setting out a set of factors to be considered by courts in such decisions, it spread from questions of cutting edge science to the most mundane forms of…

Roughly one third of Division I NCAA university sports programs have used charter buses from companies with deficient safety records, according to a report by Paula Lavigne of ESPN. The number of smaller college and high school teams traveling in buses with safety problems is undoubtedly much higher. Recently, I’ve been part of the team…

A truck loaded with 32,000 pounds of pressurized hydrofluoric acid overturned in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, at 2:58 AM Saturday morning, prompting evacuation of everyone within a one mile radius. The truck was operated by Honeywell, the worlds largest producer of hydrofluoric acid. Reportedly, the trucker from Ontario, Canada, left the road when the swerved to…

A study by professors at  the University of California, Berkeley, has concluded that the Law School Admission Test is “not particularly useful” in predicting an aspiring lawyer’s effectiveness in the profession after law school.  The study included a survey that produced a list of  26 effectiveness factors with 8 umbrella categories.  They are not yet…

Not surprisingly, the “safety culture” of a trucking company is a huge factor in determining whether its drivers are involved in catastrophic truck crashes. The Transportation Research Board published a couple of years ago “The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes.” Some key points from that study are: • Culture and…