I just received this month’s Georgia Trial Reporter.  This is a monthly report that publishes settlement and jury verdicts from around Georgia.  It is what attorneys use to research the value of your case.  Your attorney, if they have a subscription to the report, can go online and query for facts similar to yours to [...]

A recent New York Times article reported Chrysler is rolling out wi-fi internet access in its cars.  So now people are going to be able to look at their laptops while driving?  This got me thinking about one of my biggest rants in my car accident cases.  The number of confessions just does not add [...]

U.S. health officials are now saying more than 200 people, with more than 1/4 of those in Georgia (53 reported cases), have become “sick” after taking the dietary supplement Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula.  I think “sick” is an understatement.  Massive amounts of selenium and chromium are causing people to lose their [...]

The New York Times ran an article on Friday discussing a soon-to-be-released study on civil lawsuits and how settlement amounts compared to verdict amounts.  The study’s author concluded “settling is better than going to trial” because his research indicated plaintiffs receive on average $43,000 less at trial than what was offered at mediation/settlement.  The author [...]

Trucking accident attorneys always look for (at the very minimum) the following causes for trucking accidents:

Aggressive driving
Excessive speed
Driver fatigue
Unsafe trucks or equipment
Truck driver drug or alcohol abuse

Today I am just going to talk about truck driver fatigue and how new technology will hopefully deter this easily preventable but frequently occurring cause of trucking accidents.
Federal regulations [...]

Today was the second time in less than a month I had to turn away a potential client who may have had a good case.  In both instances the expenses of properly working up the case for trial exceeded the value of the case.  Here is an example.  A potential client suffered injuries to her [...]