by admin | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
In Georgia and throughout the United States, governments have “sovereign immunity” for what they do. Under “sovereign immunity”, a governmental entity cannot be sued even when its actions have harmed someone. The rule has exceptions, and in...
by admin | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
In my previous post titled Who Can Bring a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Under Georgia Law?, I talked about Georgia’s wrongful death statute, which provides that when someone commits a tort that kills someone else, the family of the person who was killed can file a...
by admin | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
We have seen a great tragedy in Atlanta today. Early this morning, an Atlanta police officer, Gail Thomas, 46, was killed when she stopped to help out a fellow officer who was working a wreck at the interchange ramp from I-75 southbound to I-85 northbound. Thomas had...
by admin | Jan 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Under Georgia law, a suit for wrongful death is considered to be in a “statutory creation” that is “in derogation of the common law” and so courts “strictly construe” it. Those words are fancy lawyer lingo, and I will give you the...
by admin | Jan 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
As a car accident lawyer, it seems like I see the worst things that can happen in a car wreck. In particular I hate to see the hit-and-run accidents, because they are so devastating to the victims. The victims are left with personal injuries, but also with the...
by admin | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
This past week in Atlanta, Georgia, we have had a very sad car accident incident. The assistant principal at one of our local high schools has been arrested and charged with three hit-and-run car wrecks, one of which injured another person, and driving under the...
by admin | Jan 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
As an Atlanta car accident lawyer, I guess I have found one silver lining in the terrible economy here in Atlanta, Georgia. Sure, we have horrible unemployment, and for several years we have consistently ranked in the top ten of the states suffering the most...
by admin | Jan 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here in Atlanta we seem to have had a rash of very serious hit and run car accidents during the last few weeks. For example, on November 7, 2011, a black 2005 Chevrolet Impala critically injured Nathan Powell, 25. Powell ended up on life support at Grady Hospital...
by admin | Dec 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am a car accident and personal injury blogger located in Atlanta, Georgia, and today I will be writing about a publication by the National Highway and Traffic Administration (“NHTSA”), calledNHTSA Traffic Safety Facts.pdf. The report is based on 2008...
by admin | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
The American Automobile Association (“AAA”) put out a report, AAA report 2011.pdf, detailing the various costs that society suffers as a result of the clogged arteries and highways around our nation. The report caught my eye for two reasons. First, the...
