by admin | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
My name is Lee Wallace, and I am a personal injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. I have written several blog entries about a report from the American Automobile Association (AAA) Foundation about teenage driving. In the report, Distracted Driving Among Newly Licensed...
by admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Since I handle cases as a Newton County car accident lawyer, I often get asked the question: Is it legal to text and drive in Georgia? Since July 1, 2010, it has been illegal to text and drive in Georgia. The legislature passed O.C.G.A. §§ 40-6-241.1 and...
by admin | Apr 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
The American Automobile Association (AAA) conducted a very interesting study looking at newly-licensed teen drivers. Having observed a proportionally higher number of teen drivers causing car accidents, AAA decided to look at their driving behaviors. In Distracted...
by admin | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Georgia Department of Transportation (“GA DOT”) issued a report in 2008, Crash Statistics, Analysis and Information Notebook 2008, that delved into the statistics about car accidents in Georgia. I am a lawyer handling Lawrenceville car wreck cases and...
by admin | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
On an average day, 2394 people are involved in car wrecks in Georgia. In an average week, 2500 people are injured in those Georgia car accidents. Every single week, an average 31 people die in car accidents on Georgia roads. I am a Newton County car accident lawyer,...
by admin | Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, on March 20, 2012, we had a tragic and somewhat bizarre auto accident in Newton County, Georgia. I-20 is an interstate that runs east and west through downtown Atlanta. It is a very busy road, with multiple lanes going in both directions. In fact, there...
by admin | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Concerned about the number of teenage drivers in car accidents, AAA put recording devices in cars being driven by teenagers, and recorded what happened. Last week, AAA released its report, AAA Distracted Teenage Drivers Report.pdf. AAA installed these devices on the...
by admin | Mar 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today the American Automobile Association (“AAA”) released an informative study about teenage drivers. Out of concern that distracted teenage drivers cause wrecks, the AAA got permission from the families of newly-licensed drivers to install recording...
by admin | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
I write this blog for my car accident law firm in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008, the Georgia Department of Transportation (“GA DOT”) published a comprehensive report, Crash Analysis, Statistics and Information Notebook 2008 that analyzes Georgia car crashes...
by admin | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I blog from Atlanta, Georgia, and have been talking about whistleblower lawsuits under the False Claims Act. I have been discussing a recent case out of the Northern District of Georgia, Harris v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, 1:08-CV-3819-AT (3/9/12). Marietta company...
