Texting while driving is currently banned in 46 states, including Georgia, and Georgia also bans all handheld and hands-free cell phone use for bus drivers and novice drivers. These prohibitions are in place for good reason, but they were a long time coming, and more...
Month: June 2015
Still think we need “tort reform”?
Malpractice crisis? We don't think so. The National Practitioner Data Bank, which is where all malpractice settlements and verdicts must be reported, just released it's statistics for 2014. For the 13th year in a row there was a decrease in such payments and the total...
Could self-driving cars mean the end of car accidents?
One of the first questions that people have in the aftermath of a car accident is, "Who is to blame?" To answer this question, there may need to be a thorough investigation into cellphone records, witness statements, road conditions and other sources of information....
New plan for improving truck safety in Georgia announced
Commercial truck accidents can be some of the most devastating collisions out on the roads. The injuries of victims of accidents involving large commercial trucks can be incredibly severe in nature. Such crashes can also take lives. Unfortunately, commercial...
Report: Babies’ lives jeopardized by hospital, doctor wrongdoing
At least eight babies have died while in the care of St. Mary's Medical Center's pediatric open heart surgery department in Florida. This may not seem like an alarmingly high number at first, but the program has only been in place for less than four years and only...
Impact of truck accidents lingers on long after crash
Collisions between a truck and smaller vehicles are often catastrophic; many people understand this. But understanding the devastation of a truck accident and experiencing it are two very different things. Recently, people all across the country saw the toll that a...