Tougher laws are on the horizon for teen drivers in Atlanta according to AJC reporter Bob Keefe. According to Keefe, while the laws will filter down to the state level, the legislation is being pursued in Washington by highway safety advocates on Capitol Hill, who are pushing for passage of…
Insurer Allstate has released its annual list of the safest cities in America. The insurer ranked approximately 200 American cities on the basis of the number of accidents that motorists are likely to be involved in here. As an Atlanta car accident lawyer, I’m not at all surprised to learn…
For years now, trucking safety advocates have been calling for speed limiting devices to be made mandatory on all 18-wheelers. In 2006, the American Trucking Associations and an auto safety group petitioned the federal administration to make these mandatory in all trucks that weighed above 26,000 pounds. The following year,…
As a dog lover myself, I always love it when I see motorists driving around with their dog in the car. I don’t like it as much when I see that some of these dogs are not restrained, are moving about the cabin, or trying to jump out the window.…
It is a common scenario in Atlanta. An Atlanta area resident is seriously injured in a car accident caused by and out-of-state driver, usually driving a rental car and in Atlanta for a convention or business function. After the accident, the out-of-state driver returns to his home state (many times…
Many insurance companies improperly seek reimbursement for medical payments they have made to the insured when the main case settles for the limits of the uninsured motorist coverage (“UM”) portion of our client’s policy. The Georgia Court of Appeals has held that a non-duplication of benefits clause is only enforceable…
The family of a woman who was killed during an auto accident on I-85 will receive $600,000 from the Georgia Department of Transportation for their losses. The DOT has also delivered an apology to the family of the victim, Patricia Heller. In January 2003, Heller, a healthcare consultant, was on her…
Considering how effective Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems have been in minimizing the numbers of rollover accidents occurring in the United States every year, it’s not so surprising that these systems have been able to do the same for tractor-trailer rigs. A new study conducted by researchers at the National…
Brain injuries are some of the most catastrophic injuries, and usually occur in traffic accidents, or as a result of falls in premises liability cases. There may be other causes like violence and workplace accidents. These injuries are, unfortunately, also some of the most difficult to diagnose. Typically, a brain…
An Atlanta area bar has agreed to pay the surviving widow of a man killed by a drunken driver $1M to settle her claims. The bar’s liability stems from the bar’s staff over-serving the drunken patron, when they should have known that he was highly intoxicated and likely to drive…