Atlanta Injury Law Blog

As an Atlanta lawyer handling trucking accident cases, I have seen many illustrations of why truck driver logs on paper are often referred to as “comic books.”  That’s why I was encouraged to see that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration  may expand its proposed requirement for electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) to include all carriers. The…

On a curvy road near Falmouth, Kentucky, a dump truck hauling rock from a quarry crashed into a school bus, killing a 16-year-old student. The truck driver had been working for the company two weeks, according to a news article by Roger Alford. This incident highlights a couple of categories of safety issues I have…

In Atlanta, Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington issued an order on Wednesday that the legislative cap of $350,000 for noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering is unconstitutional because it gave special protections to the medical profession. This meant people injured by doctors had less protection than those injured by any other cause. The cause…

A three day joint operation by police officers, motor carrier inspectors and drug recognition evaluators  targeting impaired semi drivers and unsafe commercial vehicles placed 99 vehicles (19 percent), out of service for assorted safety violations including excessive hours, log book deficiencies and driver qualification issues. As an Atlanta attorney handling tractor trailer wreck cases statewide in Georgia, that…

The Medical Review Board of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has recommended that CDL holders with a body mass index of 30 or higher be referred for sleep apnea testing. There is no timetable for action on this recommendation. Sleep apnea is a serious disorder that interrupts a person’s breathing during sleep.  It can…

Lawyers who are accessible to their firms and clients 24/7/365 lead more stressful lives, burn out faster, and too often fail in their important roles in families and communities.  That is the essence of a report from the New York State Bar Association’s Special Committee on Balanced Lives in the Law. When young lawyers are…

Today thousands of members of the State Bar of Georgia received their ballots for the State Bar election. I am a candidate in the only contested statewide race, for the office of Secretary. For some insight into why I am doing this, see: Active members of the Georgia Bar may vote by mail or online…

Some of my friends have asked why in the world I would take time from my busy law practice for volunteer service on the State Bar Executive Committee and now to run for Secretary of the State Bar of Georgia. That’s a fair question that deserves an answer more serious than, “it’s on my bucket…

Before election to the State Bar Board of Governors, during the 1990’s I went through a sequence of offices in the Tort & Insurance Practice Section — Secretary-Treasurer, Section Chair, and then a few years as Legislative Chair. When I became Section Chair in June 1994, I sat down at breakfast with a mix of…

I grew up in rural Alabama and Georgia in the 1950s and 1960s, and began my legal career under a DA who instructed us to always strike all blacks from juries. When I decided to prosecute a black-on-black rape case in 1978, just as I had a white-on-white rape case, some of the folks around…