One question that has perplexed many people about texting while driving laws is: how do you prove that someone was using their cell phone while they were driving? This may seem like a question with an obvious answer. You just check the phone! However, it is not that...
Month: October 2017
Botched thyroidectomy leads to throat paralysis
Even though the source article for today's story isn't from Georgia, it still serves as an important talking point for medical malpractice. A woman went in for a thyroidectomy in 2014, but the surgeon who performed the procedure on her failed to take adequate steps to...
Traffic accident deaths are trending in the wrong direction
One of the great things about looking at data and studying facts and statistics is that your can learn from past mistakes, discover trends, and address concerns based on the information at hand. From 2014 to 2015, traffic accident fatalities went up 8.4 percent, and...
Trucks collide head on in fatal wreck
Two people were killed and one person was left in critical condition after two trucks -- a dump truck and a garbage truck -- collided in Forsyth County recently. The wreck happened in the afternoon at an intersection, and both people int he garbage truck were killed...
People injured in Atlanta hit and run accident
Car accidents happen all the time, but some are more infuriating -- and legally dubious -- than others. There are many examples of these "infuriating and dubious" accidents: drunk driving accidents, speeding accidents, crashes that involve drivers that are using their...
Air disasters made it safer to fly the friendly skies
Commercial air travel remains one of the safest ways for you to get where you need to go. In fact, for seven years, no fatal crashes have occurred in the United States. However, it wasn't always as safe as it is today. Any plane crash that involves serious injuries...
Get legal help after a fatal car accident
Driving has become one of those tasks that is akin to brushing your teeth or doing laundry. Everyone knows how to do it, and the mundane nature of the task means you usually do it on autopilot. But with driving, the monotony of the task can be deadly. Driving is a...