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If you were hit by a company van or truck in Georgia, careful diligence is required to determine whether the vehicle is subject to key commercial vehicle regulations. It is common for inexperienced attorneys to mistakenly assume the Federal Motor...
You likely recall the horrific story from last year about a tractor-trailer collision in Bryant County that took the lives of five nursing students from Georgia Southern University and injured two others. I use the word “collision” purposefully, because first-degree...
Summer in Georgia means it’s time to be outside. For a lot of folks, being outside includes being on an ATV. While these vehicles are fun to ride, too often they are treated as toys. Riding without training or safety...
In this boisterous election year, it can be easy to forget that beyond the rhetoric and rallies, the people we elect to office enact – or fail to enact -laws and policies that can have a big impact on our...
All large tractor-trailers pose dangers for other drivers. Fatigued or impaired drivers, faulty equipment, and scores of other factors which cause trucking accidents lead to tragedies every day that injures and kills thousands of Americans every year. But tanker trucks, which often...
There are any number of ways that truck drivers and trucking companies can try to cover-up their negligence or avoid responsibility for damages, injuries, or deaths they cause. For example, trucking companies have been known to falsify their records to hide the...
A catastrophic trucking accident can happen anytime and anywhere on roads and highways across Georgia and across the country. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, there were 1,065 traffic fatalities in Georgia through October 19, 2015, up from 943 deaths during...
There are many reasons for the tens of thousands of tragic tractor-trailer accidents that happen every year. Many of the incidents are caused by mechanical failures. However, the vast majority are the result of driver error, negligence or other factors...
As the old song from Smokey & the Bandit goes: “we’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.” This could also be the motto of many truck drivers and trucking companies. Drivers get paid...
