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…
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…
On I-95 in Virginia on December 1, a woman was killed when her Honda SUV was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in a six-vehicle crash, and was wedged beneath the truck when it ignited. Kamala St. Germain, 75, was the founder of DoveStar, a massage and alternative healing school with locations…
While my perspective is that of a trial lawyer handling truck and bus accident injury cases in Atlanta, Georgia, it is necessary to keep up with developments nationally. Therefore, I am following how trucking safety issues are on the agenda for the new administration in Washington. Last Monday, the transportation…
A trucker speeding on a rain-slick expressway caused the fiery chain reaction in a tunnel on I-5 just north of Los Angeles last year. The location on I-5 is near my son’s college apartment, so I have been by it many times. However, the case also has a local angle…
Today’s issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution includes an article by Steve Owings, who founded Road Safe America after his son was killed by a speeding tractor trailer on cruise control six years ago. Having met Steve and learned of his motivation to make the roads safer for everyone, I’m just…
A Florida truck driver admitted that he was on his cell phone yesterday when he slammed into a school bus, killing a 13-year-old student. According to reports, the school bus, which had stopped to let children off , had its warning lights on and stop signs out. The truck failed…
Over the road truck driving is a tough job that a lot of folks find less desirable than construction jobs and other work that allows them to be home every night. A couple of years ago, when the economy was better, I wrote about the shortage of truck drivers that…
I’m just a trucking accident trial lawyer in Georgia, and it’s been over three decades since my last economics class in college. Therefore, even though I read the Wall Street Journal and Investors Business Daily more or less regularly, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my blog post about…
As a lawyer handling catastrophic trucking accidents, I have repeatedly seen the deadly effects of driver fatigue as truckers are pushed beyond their physical limits by trucking companies and shippers. Now the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended that trucking companies and the government place increased emphasis on making…