The law, as it currently stands in Georgia, prevents a defense attorney from mentioning whether a plaintiff was not wearing his/her seatbelt at the time of an accident.  That means a defense attorney cannot argue a plaintiff contributed to his/her own injuries by not wearing a seatbelt.  There is a bill before the Georgia Assembly, [...]

In my line of work you get to become an expert on insurance coverage.  To legally drive in Georgia you need at least $25,000 in liability insurance.  There is always the chance the driver who hurt you did not have insurance (keep reading to see how to protect yourself).  Now the Wall Street Journal is [...]

The New York Times reported today that New Hampshire is going to halt all civil jury trials for one month early next year to save money on its judicial system budget.  While this may be a good thing for New Hampshire, it is also a good thing for insurance companies and a bad thing for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]