Georgia Truck Accident Attorney Blog

Recent Posts from Georgia Truck Accident Attorney Blog

• Container freight truck crash liability

  Connecting the dots to hold ocean carriers accountable when container freight trucks crash on Georgia highways.

• Justice for truck drivers who refuse to violate the law

  The STAA (Surface Transportation Assistance Act), which also covers truck driver whistleblower cases, gives truck drivers a right to refuse to drive a commercial vehicle when it would violate the law to do so. Examples…

• Bus crashes & overturns on I-75 with Morehouse College band

  Morehouse band bus hydroplanes, crashes. Atlanta attorney lawyer

• Hahira woman killed in side underride crash when Ohio trucker runs stop sign

  Julie Tyler, 25, of Hahira, GA, was killed by when a truck driver for Dutch Maid Logistics, from Ohio, ran a stop sign directly in front of her. The company has a bad driver rating…

• Truckers Chapel at truck stop on I-75 south of Atlanta

  As a trucking accident trial attorney in Atlanta, it may appear that I'm always focusing on the negative about truckers, even though I'm often representing innocent truckers against other truckers who injure them. This Sunday,…

• Truck driver distraction is target of petition to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  A prominent highway safety organization, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, has petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to evaluate risks posed by drivers of commercial vehicles using electronic devices and to then issue…

• 7 injured when speeding truck crashed on I-24 in Dade County, Georgia

  While I am an Atlanta trucking trial attorney now, many years ago I was a child at Mentone, Alabama, frequently trekking to Chattanooga with my parents. Our usual route was through Dade County, separated from…

• Trucking safety agency nominee grilled in Senate hearing

  As a trucking accident trial attorney in Atlanta, I see all the time how regulatory decisions in Washington impact safety on the roads throughout the U.S. A Senate committee hearing today on the nomination of…

• Nominee for FMCSA chief blasted in New York Times

  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…

• $50 million verdict today for trucking brain injury case in California

  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…