Car accidents often cause serious injury. One of the most serious types of accident injuries is spinal cord injury or SCI. SCI is defined as damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function, such as loss of mobility or loss of sensation. The spinal cord is a long, thin bundle of nerves …
How Truck Accidents Can Cause Serious Injuries
Car accidents are always dangerous with a risk for injury of the driver and/or passengers. Car accidents that take place on the highway are especially dangerous because of the high rate of speed at which vehicles travel on the highways. Furthermore, the risk of injury increases on the highway because of the large number of commercial …
How Retread Tires Can Cause Accidents
Tires are one of the most essential pieces of equipment on a semi-truck or other large commercial vehicle. When they fail, vehicles can be extremely difficult to control and may even jackknife or roll over. As a result, tire blowouts or failure can easily result in injury-causing accidents, potentially leaving victims with significant medical expenses …
4 Steps to Dealing With an Uninsured Driver
Commercial trucks are held to the same basic Georgia auto insurance laws as private vehicles – coverage is mandatory! While the minimum limits and specific requirements may differ, truck drivers and motor carriers have to maintain the necessary minimum insurance coverage for legal operation of their vehicles. When your truck accident involves an uninsured or underinsured truck driver, …
Safety in Highway Work Zones
When driving on the highway or interstate, you have undoubtedly seen signs warning drivers to be more careful in work zones and also alerting drivers to significantly increased penalties for speeding or injuring a worker. The virtual maze of narrow lanes, signs, barrels, equipment, or workers make highway work zones a particularly dangerous place to …
The Dangers of Truck Drivers Disregarding Hours of Service
A truck driver has state and federal regulations he or she must abide by concerning the number of hours he or she can drive a tractor-trailer consecutively. Disobeying these regulations can lead to a serious truck accident. There are many reasons why serious truck accidents occur. Falling Asleep at the Wheel When a truck driver drives …
The Emotional Impact of Drunk Driving Accidents
When you or a loved one has been involved in a catastrophic accident with a drunk driver who may have run a red light or crossed over the median to cause a head-on wreck, more than sheet metal and bones can be damaged. Drunk driving accidents can have a deep emotional impact for all those …
How Car Accident Spins Cause Deadly Accidents
What is a rotational collision? Rotational collision is a technical term that refers to any accident in which the motor vehicle spins around before or after crashing. Georgia rotational accidents are are especially dangerous; as a car spins out of control, it may cross through lanes of traffic and hit other cars, light poles, fences, …
Using Cameras as Evidence in Insurance Claims
Evidence in insurance claims can include a variety of information and documentation such as a police report, statements from witnesses or even a traffic camera. Evidence that establishes which party was negligent can be very helpful in building a strong case. To learn if you have a viable claim, seek legal counsel as soon as …
Brain Injuries From Striking Dashboards
During Atlanta car crashes many people hit their heads against dashboards, windshields, windows, or other hard objects inside or outside the vehicle. Sometimes occupants lose consciousness when this happens, and other times people don’t have a loss of consciousness. Unbeknownst to many, brain injuries can happen whether or not a loss of consciousness occurs. A …
Auto Accidents and the Different Injuries They Can Cause
Every day throughout the state of Georgia, a traffic accident occurs; however, the types of accident-related injuries that take place in this state and throughout this nation differ due to varying factors such as the cause of the crash, type of the accident, force of the impact, speed of both vehicles, the location of impact, …
8 Considerations for Reaching a Personal Injury Claim Settlement
An auto accident lawyer in Peachtree City understands the importance of reaching a settlement in your personal injury claim that is both fair and full. When you are seeking compensation for injuries suffered as a result of someone else’s negligence, there are special considerations you should make. Your Personal Injury Claim Settlement First, consider that a settlement …
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