As an Atlanta personal injury attorney, Robert J. Fleming sees victims of Atlanta traffic all the time. The overloaded transportation infrastructure results in long commutes, road rage, exhaustion, and dangerous conditions that result in car accidents, injuries, and wrongful death. Last year, the Georgia state legislature passed the Transportation Investment…
A wreck on I-285 closed down the interstate near the Ashford Dunwoody exit for ten hours last night. According to the AJC, a young man driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes slammed into a truck carrying margarine. Margarine is essentially oil. Consequently, it’s highly flammable and slippery. The…
Regardless of which company you have your auto insurance with, whether you can be reimbursed for damages depends on the language of the policy. The policy is nothing more than a contract between your insurance company and you: In exchange for you paying premiums, the insurance company will pay you…
It’s always painful to Atlanta car accident lawyers to come across law enforcement personnel who are killed in accidents on the job. A 45-year-old Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) unit operator was killed on Monday, after his HERO unit was hit by a truck. The victim was attending to a…
As an Atlanta car accident attorney, I can safely say that rollover accidents are some of the deadliest that I see in my practice. In the year 2009, more than 8,000 people were killed in rollover accidents in the US. According to the Department of Transportation, more than 50% of…
Atlanta car accident attorneys have been bombarded with explanations for the decline in drunk driving accident numbers in Atlanta over the past couple of years. One widely held theory has been that law enforcement agencies have been getting tougher about cracking down on intoxicated motorists. However, this increased crackdown by…
A new study by the American Automobile Association shows just how concerned Atlanta car accident lawyers should be over the New Year’s weekend. According to the survey, approximately one in every 10 drivers drove under the influence of alcohol at least once over the past 12 months. This was even…
A new rule proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will help reduce the possibility of fatigue-related truck accidents in Atlanta. Last week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced proposed changes to trucking safety regulations, including a provision that would lower the maximum number of hours a driver…
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the 10-county area including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties, as well as the City of Atlanta. For over 65 years, ARC and its predecessor agencies have helped to focus…
Potential new clients who call looking to hire an attorney after a car wreck often explain that they were involved in a serious car wreck and that, in addition to their physical injuries, the at-fault driver’s insurance company will not fully compensate them for the damage to their vehicle. The…