Atlanta Injury Law Blog

I’ve been working on trucking accidents in the Atlanta, Georgia, area for a long time. Today’s news includes a report of an accident in Arlington, Texas, that reminds me of my first tractor trailer wreck case. According to a report by Lita Beck of the NBC affiliate station in Dallas – Fort Worth, an 18-wheeler…

I noted earlier that a pay raise for federal judges had been included in the bailout bill for the auto industry.  Now the judicial pay raise has bitten the dust, at least temporarily, because it was draining votes from the legislation. Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri announced on the Senate floor she would oppose the…

Those of us whose livelihood depends upon the decisions of judges almost always genuflect for any suggestion of a pay raise for judges. I have done it before and I will do it again.  I genuflect even though in this economy there are countless well-qualified attorneys who would gladly swap places with federal judges who…

Here’s a product defect you don’t see every day. Wal-Mart has been selling a baby doll that bears the Fisher-Price logo, manufactured in China, that would teach your child to say “Islam in the Light.”   Remember when Sam Walton was alive and Wal-Mart advertised its loyalty to products made in the USA?  I suspect Sam…

Bankruptcy (or mere shutdown) of 2,700 trucking companies in 2008 have put more than 127,000 trucks out of commission, cutting U.S. trucking capacity by 6.5 %, according to Donald Broughton, an analyst with the Avondale Partners research firm, as quoted by Mateusz Perkowski of Capital Press. In previous economic downturns, trucks were simply mothballed and…

As an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, handling litigation resulting from accidents involving motor carriers (truck, bus, tractor trailer, big rigs, etc.), I have observed with interest the controversies about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in recent years. Looking ahead, it will be interesting to see who is picked to run the DOT and FMCSA…

As an Atlanta trucking accident lawyer, I am always saddened to hear of yet another needless fatality on our metro roads and highways. This morning there was yet another report of the driver of a passenger vehicle being killed in an encounter with a tractor trailer, this time on Campbellton Road between Fulton Industrial Boulevard…

As an Atlanta personal injury trial lawyer, I have been pleased to sponsor the Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Georgia web site.  (See the extremely small print with no hyperlink at the very bottom of the home page.) Now MADD is proposing legislation to require DUI offenders to have ignition interlock devices — an electronic…

As a trial lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, focused largely on motor carrier (tractor trailer, big rig, truck and bus) accident practice, I work every day with the practical realities of individual lawsuits. However, it is useful to also look beyond the horizon at trends that will affect our clients and our practice in years ahead.…

As an Atlanta trial lawyer who does a lot of work in truck and bus accident cases, I am acutely aware of the symbiotic relationship between consumers, retailers, manufacturers, transportation, insurance, and the legal profession. We are all linked together. Few sectors of the economy are as economically sensitive as freight transportation. And we certainly…