A new study by the American Association for Justice shows that 28,000 motor carrier companies, operating more the 200,000 trucks on American roadways, have violated federal safety regulations. Literally hundreds of Georgia trucking companies were listed as having safety violations. That’s mind-boggling, isn’t it? And scary. There is no question…
I saw this new PSA on the hazards of texting while driving on The Today Show this morning. As a mother of a teenager about to get his driver’s permit, I intend to make him watch it. You can watch it, too, but, WARNING: it is extremely graphic. It graphically…
My heart is heavy and sad this morning after hearing the news that the little six year old girl who was struck by an SUV driver as she was exiting a MARTA bus died yesterday due to internal injuries suffered in this horrible collision. The driver of the SUV has…
For those of you who have followed my blog, you know that one of my greatest concerns is the danger that texting drivers present to the motoring Georgia public. Texting while driving is not illegal in Georgia…yet. It is already illegal in several states. Today, another extremely alarming study was…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sarah I. Coole June 20, 2009 Director of Communications 404-527-8700; 800-334-6865 Robin Frazer Clark Elected to Executive Committee of State Bar of Georgia Atlanta – Robin Frazer Clark of Atlanta was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the 40,000-member State Bar of Georgia on…
One casualty (among many) of the bankruptcy reorganization of General Motors is personal injury claims against GM based on faulty design or manufacture of their vehicles. The Obama Administration was quick to throw injured plaintiffs under the bus by agreeing that all such pending personal injury claims would simply cease…
The news of another train collision was frightening and unwelcome. This time in Washington, D.C., on the Metro commuter trains.One train rear-ended another on the same track which, obviously, is not supposed to happen and you can bet doesn’t happen absent someone’s negligence or carelessness. The crash resulted in the…
I am extremely happy to announce I was elected to the Georgia State Bar Executive Committee on Saturday, June 19 during the Annual Meeting of the State Bar at Amelia Island Plantation, Florida. The State Bar of Georgia is comprised of approximately 40,000 lawyers. The Board of Governors, on which…
Have you seen this video? http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?playerId=newsmaker&maven_playlistId=1f23dc40ee67898d157716d17d3efded65dbd23b&maven_referrer=mrss&maven_referralPlaylistId=1f23dc40ee67898d157716d17d3efded65dbd23b&maven_referralObject=1138688802 It is of a MARTA train operator texting on his cell phone while the train is running down the rail. The operator is texting on his cell phone while he is supposed to be driving a train carrying hundreds of Georgians just trying to…
The State of Georgia should have hired a good plaintiff’s personal injury trial lawyer to pursue its suit against the maker of Zyprexa rather than handle such a large case on its own. Because the Attorney General’s office pursued the matter against Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Zyprexa,…