This is a fair-minded debate about whether the driving age in Georgia should be raised. Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced its position that the driving age should be raised in all states as a safety measure. It is a known fact that car wrecks are the number…
I am please today to report a $20.1 Million verdict in a motor vehicle accident wrongful death case against an electrical supply company and their employee driver. The verdict came back today from the Clayton County State Court jury. The case involved a 62 year old school teacher who suffered…
It is with great pleasure that I report to my fair readers that the Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed a $1.3 Million wrongful death verdict against the Georgia DOT. The case, Baldwin v. DOT, involved the Georgia DOT’s failure to notice and fix a stop sign that was down…
Recently, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that walking while texting can be hazardous to your health. This may, in fact, be true…but I ask the question: Why is everyone so quick to blame the pedestrian? If you are behind the wheel of a 6,000 pound vehicle, shouldn’t you watch…
I am pleased to report a verdict last Friday, July 11, 2008 against the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) in Taylor County in a wrongful death case. This was a death case against Georgia DOT in which the decedent motorist hydroplaned off the road into a beaver pond and drowned.…
All Georgia citizens who have replaced the tires on their cars in the last couple of years should immediately check the valve stems on the tires. They may be from a defectively manufactured lot of valve stems made by a company in China. There have been numerous instances of horrible…
Federal roof crush rule has been delayed By Reni Gertner Staff writer Published: July 14, 2008 Just prior to the deadline for issuing a new roof crush standard, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that it is going back to the drawing board under pressure from Congress and…
Do you remember the tragic Bluffton, Ohio baseball team bus crash that occurred here in Atlanta on I-75 last year? The Georgia DOT, in typical hard-headed fashion, denied any responsibility for their confusing road signs, which led the professional bus driver to continue to drive on what he believed to…
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Protecting the Constitutional Promise of Justice for All by Guaranteeing the Right to Trial by Jury, Preserving an Independent Judiciary, And Providing Access to the Courts for All Georgians Governor’s Signing of Insurance Bill Ensures Georgians Will Get What They Pay For SB 276, a bill…
The Georgia Supreme Court has issued an opinion affirming an Athens-Clarke County jury’s verdict of $13 Million to the widower of a woman who burned to death in a rear end collision on Highway 129. This is an important decision because it was based on the fact that Ford Motor…