Atlanta Injury Law Blog

Most of the top Atlanta law firms have now joined the trend to raise starting salaries for Atlanta associates to $145,000.  Without adjusting for inflation, that is exactly ten times my starting salary as a prosecutor thirty years ago. Of course, spiraling starting salaries lead to hourly billing requirements that leave no time for a…

The American Trucking Associations is asking Congress to authorize and fund a centralized clearinghouse for positive drug and alcohol testing results of commercial motor vehicle drivers to ensure that motor carrier employers are aware of previous positive test results during the hiring process. The ATA notes that with between 2 percent and 2.5 percent of…

Medical research in Portugal is exploring the possibility that olfactory nerve stem cells from a spinal cord injury patient may be used to repair the spinal cord injury.  The idea behind the procedure is that the nasal tissue has nerve cells that can regenerate. The Shigley Law Firm  represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic…

Research on rats with crushed spinal cords suggests potential for a new treatment protocol soon after injury combining radiation therapy to destroy harmful cells and microsurgery to drain excess fluids significantly increases the body’s ability to repair the injured cord leading to permanent recovery from injury.   When a midline incision was performed on the spinal…

Usually reader comments appear in a blog just as an attachment to the blogger’s post, and sort of get lost in the shuffle.  However, this morning I received a comment from a seasoned truck driver named Andrew about the recent court ruling on hours of services rules that should stand on its own.  As a…

The Food & Drug Administration on July 16th approved the first the first artificial cervical disc.  According to the developers, the prosthesis simulates the function of a natural cervical disc and provides patients with the ability to move their necks compared to the traditional practice of spinal fusion.  The results of the clinical trial show…

People who have sustained a brain injury are often advised to keep a detailed calendar and lists to help them keep track of tasks in their lives.  I have seen the necessity and helpfulness of this strategy up close in my family. The traditional Day-Timer calendars have been helpful to people near and dear to…

Thanks to alert reader Shannon Duffy at American Lawyer Media for calling to my attention a recent federal district court ruling in Philadelphia. In Mills v. London Grove Township, a toddler had a serious serious head injury resulting in cerebral palsy.  Liability carriers agreed to pay their grossly inadequate policy limits. After fees and expenses…

Thanks to alert reader David Warren for calling this to my attention. A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday threw out a the 2005 rule allow long-haul truckers to drive for up to 11 hours straight. For 60 years, truckers could drive for 10 hours at a time. Since the 2000 election, the…

Georgia law now provides for a single Advance Directive document as a hybrid of the living will and durable power of attorney for health care,  eliminating potential conflicts between the two documents.  Click here to download the form.  The Shigley Law Firm  represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases statewide in Georgia, and…