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"A blog dedicated to injury-related news and issues in Atlanta."

Author: Ken Shigley is a solo practitioner in Atlanta.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Georgia • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Atlanta Injury Law & Civil Litigation Blog

Sobering report from Massachusetts
Continuing Legal Education in Georgia
As a trucking accident trial attorney in Atlanta, I find myself speaking at continuing legal education seminars around the country pretty often. This year I've spoken on various aspects of trucking litigation at CLE…
Interstate trucking litigation seminar in Chicago
Last Friday, I was one of the speakers at the American Association for Justice Interstate Trucking Litigation Group seminar in Chicago. It reminded me of my father's advice to surround myself with people smarter than…
Tractor trailer runs stop sign, kills 6 in Florida
As a trucking trial attorney, I see it all too often. And now again. Early yesterday morning a tractor trailer loaded with sand ran a stop sign in south central Florida, striking a van…
School bus accident data
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported the following statistics on school transportation accidents between 1996 and 2006. * 1,536 people died in school transportation-related crashes. Compare that with 41,059 traffic fatalities in the United…
Trucker on cell phone crashes into school bus, kills a child
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 a report by Austin Miller of the…
Will trucking companies start recruiting unemployed investment bankers?
Truck driving is a hard, dangerous job that many people find less desirable than jobs such as construction work that enable them to be home with their families every night. Two years ago, when…
Cell phone and text messaging distractions in accident litigation
When cell phones and then text messaging came along, a lot of folks just figured they could drive as safely talking on a cell phone as talking to a passenger. I was one of them.…
New federal evidence rule on inadvertent disclosures
Last week the U. S. Congress passed a new Federal Rule of Evidence 502 to address disclosure of information protected by the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine. It addresses concerns about conflicting rulings regarding…
Tour bus seat belt legislation blocked ... again
On March 2, 2007, a tour bus carrying the baseball team from Bluffton University in Ohio crashed on an Atlanta freeway. I'm on the team of lawyers in Ohio and Georgia involved in representating…