One of the things I do as a trucking trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, is monitor what’s happening with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in Washington, DC. Ultimately the political and bureaucratic decisions about truck safety regulations in Washington affect the safety of your family and mine on the…
This afternoon in San Jose, California, a jury returned a verdict against two truck drivers, Gordon Trucking, and the state of California for nearly $50,000,000.00 ($49 million plus). My friend Tommy Malone of Atlanta and Randy Scarlett of San Francisco represented Drew Bianche, a young man who had just graduated…
Crashes involving specialty trucks of various sorts — crane trucks, concrete mixer trucks, dump trucks, etc. — are often part of my trucking accident personal injury and wrongful death law practice in Georgia. Each type of specialty truck involves somewhat different issues. Yesterday in Walker County — near where I…
As an Atlanta trucking safety lawyer, I find trucking companies trying to disown their driver’s safety violations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, which are intended to protect safety of the public, require trucking companies to see to it that their employees to obey the driver regulations. 49 C.F.R. §…
Handling bus and truck liability cases in my Atlanta law practice, I have seen way too many kids killed or seriously injured in bus accidents. Recently I had represented several of the young men who were on the Bluffton University baseball team bus that crashed in Atlanta. Yesterday in Atlanta,…
As an Atlanta, Georgia attorney handling many commercial truck accident cases, I am often asked about how important punitive damage claims are in these cases. In Georgia, punitive damages are allowed “only in such tort actions in which it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant’s actions…
As a trucking trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, I occasionally have one of those “Perry Mason moments” when the defendant breaks down and confesses that his whole story was a pack of lies. Not often, but it does happen. According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, this week…
As a trucking trial attorney working statewide in Georgia, I often see how accident investigations go awry due to the trucking company’s rapid response to crashes, while the victims are unable to tell officers their side of the story and do not retain appropriate lawyers until months after important evidence…
Lawyers who rely on traditional referrals and upon informed consumers researching experience and qualifications are at a distinct disadvantage these days. Many people just respond to a TV or billboard ad because they have no idea how to intelligently choose a lawyer. Recently I ran across an e-book which you…
Disaster struck a Wisconsin family on Saturday while passing through Albany, GA, returning from vacation. A pickup truck that swerved from the oncoming lane on a four-lane state highway northeast of Albany. According to a report in the Tomah Journal, Jesse Parker, 17, of Tomah, Wisconsin, was killed. HIs sister,…