UPS Trucker Marks 3.5 Million Miles without an Accident AsAtlanta truck accident lawyers, we constantly come up against negligent truck drivers who have caused a deadly accident by their reckless or impaired driving. That’s why it gives us great happiness when we come across the likes of Ginny Odom.This 59-year-old…
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Motorcycle Crash Study Announced by FHA
The Federal Highway Administration has announced the launch of a new study to probe causes of motorcycle accidents, and to help develop procedures and strategies that can prevent or minimize these accidents. The study will be conducted at the Oklahoma State University’s Transportation Center, and will be the first one…
Volvo Announces Safety Goal for 2020
Volvo Announces Safety Goal for 2020 – Accident-Free Cars Swedish automaker Volvo is based in a country where the transportation department boasts of the lofty goal that no person should be killed or injured using its road transport system. Volvo has now taken that one step further and announced its…
Three Killed in Stone Mountain Freeway Van Accident
Three Killed in Stone Mountain Freeway Van Accident At least three people, all employees of Georgia Power, were killed in a deadly van accident on Stone Mountain Freeway on Tuesday afternoon. Six other people have sustained critical injuries. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a van with 9 people inside…
Big Rig Crackdown in Chatham County Reveals Maintenance Issues
Big Rig Crackdown in Chatham County, Georgia Reveals Maintenance Issues A new task force in Garden City, Chatham County is cracking down on truckers to keep unsafe big rigs off the roads and prevent accidents. The first few days of the crackdown have already revealed severe maintenance issues that could…
GWINNETT COUNTY COP ARRESTED FOR DUI ALSO INVOLVED IN WRONGFUL DEATH ACCIDENT
Gwinnett County Cop Arrested for DUI Also Involved in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Last month, we reported on a Gwinnett County police officer arrested after being involved in a DUI accident. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, it now turns out that police officer James Stoudenmire had also been involved in…
MARTA TO CRACK DOWN ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
MARTA to Crack Down on Distracted Driving A series of safety incidents in the past few months that have involved MARTA drivers distracted at the wheel, has had Atlanta personal injury lawyers as well as the agency concerned about the increased risk of accidents from such behaviors. MARTA now plans…
Toyota Rust Issues Invite Recall by NHTSA
Georgia Tort Reform Challenged in State Supreme Court
Georgia’s Medical Malpractice Law Challenged in Supreme Court The Georgia Supreme Court is hearing arguments relating to a key provision of the state’s tort reform laws, which requires plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action to establish that an emergency room doctor was guilty of gross negligence. The hearings revolve around…
Truckers Oppose Ban on Computers in Cabs
Computers in Cabs Increase Risk of Accidents, but Truckers Oppose Possible Ban By now, everyone knows that texting while driving increases the risk of accidents, and must be avoided. The high-decibel debate on texting while driving however, seems to have left out one segment of highway users – drivers of…