The Georgia Department of Transportation recently settled a wrongful death claim by agreeing to pay the Plaintiff $600,000.00 for the death of his wife. The Georgia DOT delayed resolution for several years and finally agreed to pay the settlement just before trial in Fulton County, Georgia. The claims in this…
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DOT Ignores Obviously Defective Roadway
If you think the Georgia DOT wouldn’t knowingly subject Georgia citizens to a hazardous road condition, think again. Monday, October 25, 2010 GDOT agrees to second settlement Family of woman killed on same stretch of highway that was cited in separate settlement to receive $1 million By Katheryn Hayes Tucker,…
Texting Bus Driver Found Guilty of Reckless Driving
A San Antonio, Texas jury recently found a bus driver guilty of reckless driving for causing a rear-end motor vehicle collision while he was texting on his cellphone. The texting driver now could be sentenced up to 30 days in jail. He had requested probation in a plea deal, but…
Back-up Cameras in SUV’s Essential to Safety
As a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, handling numerous car wreck cases, probably the saddest case of all is one that involves the death of a child. I have blogged before about the absolute necessity of back-up cameras in SUV’s, vans, trucks and really any vehicle that sits…
Georgia Woman Hurt in Golf Cart Crash
Golf carts are everywhere in Georgia. We see many golf cart accidents in Peachtree City, Georgia, and this one in Gainesville, Georgia sounds like it may have been caused either by faulty manufacture of the golf cart’s brakes or faulty maintenance. GAINESVILLE, Ga. — One person was seriously injured and…
Some Georgians Call GDOT’s Lack of Road Maintenance a Disgrace
There is a very interesting article in today’s Marietta Daily Journal Online that has many Georgia citizens calling the Georgia Department of Transportation’s lack of road maintenance, including the right of ways next to state roads, a disgrace. Many may not even realize the impact on driver safety the DOT’s…
Georgia Highways Safer Than Expected This Fourth of July
Looks like Georgia highways this Fourth of July Holiday weekend were actually safer than the Georgia State Patrol had predicted, which is great news. Ten people died in car wrecks over the holiday weekend and the Georgia State Patrol had predicted, in one of the most morbid official acts it,…
Drive Safely-Blackberry App That Reads Your Texts Aloud
I came across a pretty neat idea in the Blackberry App World today, an app for your Blackberry Smartphone called “Drive Safely” that reads your incoming texts out loud to you while you are driving so you don’t look down at your phone and become distracted while reading that all-too-tempting…
Georgia Law Prohibiting Texting While Driving (TWD) Goes Into Effect This Thursday
Many of you know that my practice here in Atlanta, Georgia is dedicated to representing the victims of other people’s negligence in personal injury lawsuits. Many of my clients have been injured in serious car wrecks, some of which were caused by a distracted driver who was using a cell…
State Farm Insurance Company Stoops Pretty Low
Friends: I couldn’t resist bringing this article to you as an example of how, apparently, nothing is beneath State Farm to try to make a buck. How low will it go? This shows how low State Farm is willing to stoop to make a profit. Unbelievable! Take it from an…