Atlanta Injury Law Blog

As a truck accident trial lawyer, I’m neither an economist nor an investment guru. However, I have ridden through a few economic cycles during my career. Earlier I wrote about some of the short term implications of the current Wall Street debacles on trucking and insurance. I expect to see more corner cutting on trucking…

As a truck accident trial lawyer in Atlanta, I’m puzzling over how the falling dominoes in the current crisis on Wall Street will impact the trucking and insurance industries. High fuel prices, hurricanes, dependence on foreign oil, the subprime mortgage mess, the economic rise of China and India, the cost of war in Iraq and…

As a trucking accident trial lawyer in Atlanta, I’m watching the news and wondering what will be the implications in the trucking and insurance sectors. High fuel prices, dependence on foreign oil, hurricanes, the subprime mortgage meltdown, the economic rise of China and India, the ongoing cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and deferred…

Georgia has seen two catastrophic armored truck accidents within the past week, at Calhoun and Tucker. Gordon County officer killed. On August 22nd near Calhoun, Gordon County ordinance enforcement officer Kathy Cox was killed when a Loomis Fargo armored truck failed to stop behind a slowing vehicle, veered into the opposite lane, and hit Mrs.…

Georgia has seen two catastrophic armored truck accidents within the past week, at Calhoun and Tucker. Gordon County officer killed. Near Calhoun on August 22nd , Gordon County ordinance enforcement officer Kathy Cox was killed when a Loomis Fargo armored truck failed to stop behind a slowing vehicle, swerved into the oncoming lane, and hit…

This is over the top, but it contains a core of truth. Insurance Company Rules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAm6cTgAXA Ken Shigley is a former chairman of the Georgia Insurance Law Institute and the Tort & Insurance Practice Section of the State Bar of Georgia.  A Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, he is…

As an Atlanta trial lawyer handling trucking accident cases throughout Georgia, and occasionally in neighboring states, I watch doings at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with considerable interest. The news about FMCSA coming out of Washington this week was pretty scathing. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development report on the…

In the “be careful what you wish for” category, I got word today of appointment to the Georgia Courts Automation Commission. The enacting legislation in 1990 authorized the Commission to: Since a high percentage of my work is in federal courts where online civil filing is universal and relatively user-friendly, I’ve grown accustomed to being…

While over half my practice involves truck accident litigation in Georgia, I have also done some disability insurance bad faith litigation and participated in one long products liability trial in Las Vegas. Therefore, this story of a disability insurance bad faith verdict in Las Vegas caught my eye. Last week in federal court in Las…

As an Atlanta lawyer handling mostly catastrophic truck wreck cases, I tend to view doctors more as friends than adversaries.  However, the opinions of some notwithstanding, they are as human as the rest of us. The X-Ray Technicians blog recently posted a list of medical procedures with very high profit margins, suggesting that at least…