Atlanta Injury Law Blog

As an attorney representing people catastrophically injured in trucking accidents in Atlanta, Georgia, I see speed as a safety problem as well as fatigue, illness, medication and equipment deficiencies. The  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is studying a proposal for a uniform nationwide speed limit for interstate motor carriers. If adopted, it may help hold…

In my trucking litigation law practice based in Atlanta, I see plenty of instances where drug use — including prescription medications — appears to be a contributing factor in trucking accidents. Now the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on truckers’ drug tests that helps explain how and why. Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio…

As a personal injury attorney in Atlanta, I was initially one of those who feared the worst when the Georgia legislature passed it omnibus tort reform legislation, Senate Bill 3, in 2005.   It was as if the political power structure had done everything it possibly could to kill victims of negligence — and the lawyers…

As a trucking accident attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, I see a wide range of messes resulting from overturned tractor trailers. We had a case last year in which a load of frozen hamburger meat spilled all over I-75 in south Georgia. The state trooper said his biggest problem was crowd control, as local deputies tried…

As a trial lawyer representing injury victims in trucking accident cases in Georgia, I’m always on the lookout for medications affecting driver alertness.  Another suspect medication has been added to the list. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a warning Thursday on the anti-smoking drug Chantix, advising medical examiners “to not qualify anyone currently…

Forbes has rated the best and worst US cities for commuters.  Atlanta rated #1 as the worst major city for commuters.  Here’s what the article said: Here, in the fastest-growing city in America, more people flood the roadways than the infrastructure can handle. Commuters spend 60 hours a year stuck in traffic, second only to…

This afternoon I spoke on “Successful  Advocacy in a Trucking Case” in an American Association for Justice Litigating Trucking Cases Teleseminar. Morgan Adams of Chattanooga spoke on Electronic On Board Recorders, while Robert Collins of Houston spoke on Daubert Issues & Biomechanists.  As usual, I got more from the seminars that I contributed. The Shigley…

While my trucking litigation law practice is in Atlanta, Georgia, I know that long haul trucking safety is not just an American issue.  With the long distances between populations centers in Australia, all the challenges facing American truckers are big deals there too.  Driver fatigue, for example, is every bit as big a problem for…

This happened last Wednesday on the New Jersey Turnpike. Amazingly, the people in the car walked away without injury even though the car was crushed.  Reported by Michael Ratcliffe of the The Times in Trenton, NJ. The Shigley Law Firm  represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases arising from motor carrier accidents statewide…

This has nothing to do with law, litigation or motor carriers, but I’ve got to brag a little on my daughter, who is profiled in a Voice of America story, “Inside the Complex Worlds of Deafness and Deaf Culture in America.”  Conclusion: “We asked her what she would like to say to other young people who…