Atlanta Injury Law Blog

As a trucking trial attorney occasionally representing truck drivers who are injured as well as others who are injured by by truckers, I have been fascinated by the stories I hear from HazMat drivers about the dangers they face every day. Those folks ought to qualify for combat pay. Lisa P. Jackson has been selected…

Over the years I have shared in the sorrows of a number of parents whose children were grievously injured.  About 14 years ago I even published an article in the Georgia Bar Journal on “Tort Claims Involving Minors in Georgia.”  Along the way I began to see publications from the Centers for Disease Control here…

In my trucking litigation practice, I have found that one of the weak links in truck transportation is the quality of equipment used in transporting freight containers from ports to ultimate destinations. Too many of the truck chassis used are apparently old trailers spray painted to look sharp but with inadequate mechanical and safety features,…

As a trucking accident trial lawyer in Atlanta, I am no longer surprised at the failure of some trucking companies to do pretty basic stuff related to safety. Of course, I am looking at those companies whose drivers get into serious crashes. Now the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published a new proposed rule…

As an Atlanta trial lawyer focused heavily on trucking accident cases involving serious personal injury or wrongful death, I’ve been watching for President-elect Obama’s choices for Secretary of Transportation and for Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.  The new DOT Secretary will be Congressman Ray Lahood, a Republican from rural downstate Illinois.  After reading…

Setting the direction of trucking safety will be a small part of the job of the new Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, named yesterday by President-elect Obama. He was not on the short list of candidates about whom there had been a lot of speculation. John McCain has praised the choice. After reading about Lahood,…

As a trucking accident trial lawyer in Georgia, I find myself spending a lot of time in conference rooms for the depositions of truck drivers and trucking company owners. Since I sometimes represent truck drivers who are injured by the negligence of other truck drivers, it is not uncommon to spend a very long day…

Biographical profiles on lawyers on law firm web sites tend to be stuffy and boring. Mine included. But someone recently called to my attention the refreshingly light-hearted bio of Martin D. Ginsberg, who if Of Counsel at Fried Frank in DC and a law professor at Georgetown University.  Here are a few excerpts:    …

I’ve not seen this as a lawyer  representing individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases in Georgia, and I hope I never do.  Last week a lawyer from the Tennessee attorney general’s office got perhaps the ultimate putdown in court.  Associate Justice David Souter told her, “I simply cannot follow your argument because I…

Those ugly and ubiquitous Crocs shoes — and the cheaper knockoffs — have been involved in an international wave of serious injuries to the feet of young children on escalators. At first I was skeptical when I began hearing last year of kids’ toes being mangled on escalators at the Atlanta airport. However, this article…