Woman from Hiram is Killed, Son is Seriously Injured in Crash on Dallas Highway in Cobb County
A fatal accident in Cobb County has again illustrated how a split second driving error can be a matter of life and death on the roads of Georgia. The Marietta Daily Journal reported on how a Paulding County woman was killed in a wreck on the afternoon of May 15, 2013, on Dallas Highway while […]
Police Say Racing Led to Accident That Killed Baby and Passenger Near Atlanta
Most of the accidents I see as an Atlanta car accident injury lawyer are caused by carelessness, recklessness, excess speed, distracted driving or drunk driving. But in a recent fatal crash near Atlanta two cars, speed seemed to be the aim of the drivers. Associated Press reported two cars were racing. Tragically a teenage passenger […]
Crash Involving Two Trucks in Georgia Kills One Driver and Injures Another
When two trucks collide the results can be catastrophic. In south Georgia a crash involving two semi-trucks has left one driver dead and another hospitalized. As a Marietta truck accident attorney, I see at first hand the results of semi-truck and big rig crashes. Given the weights of the vehicles involved, injuries caused are sadly […]
Football Player Ashely Lowery is Seriously Injured in Car Crash in Georgia
I read about football stars and athletes being involved in car crashes with an alarming regularity. I was saddened to hear a starter for the University of Kentucky football team was seriously injured on May 4, 2013 in a single-vehicle crash close to his northeast Georgia home. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Ashely Lowery, 20, […]
Parental Support Helps Cut Teen Driving Death, Driving Academy Event in Marietta Hears
When parents support their teens’ driving habits they are less likely to become involved in accidents, according to research. Some of the most significant causes of car crashes I see as a Marietta auto accident attorney, include teens driving while intoxicated, distracted driving from cellphone use, excess speed and driving without seatbelts. According to data […]
Loose Tire From a Pickup Truck Kills Driver in DeKalb County
On occasions a freak accident can cause injuries and even death on the roads of Georgia. While accidents caused by objects falling off vehicles are not as common as collisions, they happen more often than many people believe. Our personal injury lawyers in Marietta were saddened to read of how a motorist was killed on […]
Marietta Car Accident Lawyer Report : Man is Charged With Vehicular Homicide Over Death of Child in Atlanta
As an experienced Marietta auto accident attorney I see many accidents in which pedestrians are killed or seriously injured in and around Marietta. In a considerable number of these cases no arrest was made. Even when a car or truck driver is not arrested it does not mean the victim has no case to sue […]
Ladder Falling from a Truck Caused a Fatal Wreck Near Atlanta
Debris falling from trucks or improperly loaded trucks can cause serious accidents. When this happens a trucking company can be held liable. As a Marietta trucking accident lawyer I was saddened to read how a badly loaded truck recently caused a fatal accident on the outskirts of Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported the authorities […]
Three Vehicle Crash Leaves One Victim Dead on I-75 in Marietta
I have in the past reported on how a simple lane change can be the difference between life and death on the highways of Marietta and Atlanta. As an experienced Marietta auto accident injury lawyer, I’m well aware of how a small mistake can have massive consequences on the roads of Georgia. I was saddened […]
New Report Suggests Caffeine May Cut the Risk of a Trucking Accident
As an experienced Georgia trucking accident lawyer I see many tractor trailer accidents that are caused by fatigue. Truck drivers are often behind the wheel for long periods. They have tight schedules to meet and often drive at antisocial hours. Unfortunately, this can lead to terrible accidents that claim lives in and around Marietta, Rome or […]
Crash in Marietta Leaves Hockey Player Kyle Lysaght Fighting for His Life
A University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey player was reported to be in a critical condition after a two-car crash in Cobb County. East Cobb Patch reported Kyle Lysaght was left with life threatening injuries following a two-car crash on March 15 in Marietta. As an experienced Marietta injury lawyer my thoughts are with the […]
Bumps to Deter Speeders are Proposed for Marietta Subdivisions
Action to prevent motorists speeding in some Marietta subdivisions is being stepped up with residents being offered the chance to test out speed bumps before deciding if they want them to make their neighborhoods safer. As a Marietta car accident injury lawyer I see many lives lost and destroyed by excess speed and welcome any measures […]
Marietta Auto Injury Lawyer Report : Another Atlanta Bus Company is Shut Down Over Safety Violations
Numerous safety violations recently led federal authorities to order the shutdown of another Georgia bus company. The Atlanta based company Aglemoarge Services, Inc., was closed down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after an investigation uncovered a multitude of safety violations. As a Marietta, GA accident injury attorney, I was alarmed to read the […]
Drunk Driver Leaves Two Critically Injured in Atlanta Say Police
In Atlanta a 57-year-old female driver and her passenger were critically injured after they were hit by a drunk driver without a license, police said. As a Marietta, GA personal injury lawyer, I report on numerous accidents caused by drunk drivers. While these kinds of accidents often occur late at night or in the early […]
Marietta Injury Lawyer Report : More than 650 Safety Recalls Were Reported in 2012
Seldom a week goes by without some kind of recall being announced by car manufacturers or some other safety issue coming to light in the industry. The frequency of these issues occurring concerns me as a Marietta car accident injury lawyer. It was recently highlighted by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety […]
GA">Rome Truck Accident Lawyer Report : Passenger Suffers Arm and Leg Injuries in Accident Involving a Tractor Trailer in Rome, GA
An apparent mistake by a truck driver left a motorist injured in Rome this week, just the latest in a spate of accidents involving tractor trailers in the area. Georgia State Patrol troopers reported one person was left with arm and leg injuries after a tractor trailer crashed into a car on Alabama Highway near the […]
Four People Die in a 27 Car Pile Up on I-16 in Rural Georgia
A controlled burn may have been the source of a deadly pileup that led to four deaths and numerous injuries in Georgia this week. I see many car crashes as an Atlanta car accident injury lawyer, but few on the scale of the pile-up on February 6, 2013 on a rural stretch of Interstate 16 in […]
Two Teens are Killed in Single Vehicle Accident in Cobb County
I was saddened to read about the deaths of another two teenagers in a car crash in Cobb County. The Marietta Daily Journal reported Stephen Nolasco, 19, and Matthew Bennett, 18, who were both 2012 Sprayberry graduates, were killed in a fiery crash on February 3, 2013 at about 3:30 a.m. after Nolasco lost control […]
Marietta Survivor of Massive Wreck in Florida Learns To Cope One Year On
When we read about car accidents in the news we learn the ages and names of the victims, what happened, who was to blame and whether people were injured or killed. But the media seldom returns to see how they coped with injuries or the loss of loved ones, at a later date. In a recent […]
Marietta Truck Accident Attorney Report : Truck Crash Claims the Life of Marietta Van Driver Mahmoud Dabdoub
If you are hit by a heavy 18-wheeler, chances are you will be seriously injured or even killed. Tragically, that’s what happened to Mahmoud Dabdoub, a 49-year-old Marietta man, who was killed on the morning of January 25, 2013. Police say the driver of a tractor-trailer pulled out in front of his van on Cobb […]
Driver and Pedestrian Are Left in a Critical Condition After Crash on a Sidewalk in Marietta
Driver and Pedestrian Are Left in a Critical Condition After Crash on a Sidewalk in Marietta Marietta injury lawyer, GA, pedestrian accidents, Keener, Franklin Road, Twin Brooks Drive, Moses Katta, Jasmine Harper, critically injured, sidewalk, crosswalk, Keener A spate of accidents that left pedestrians injured and deceased in and around Marietta in 2012, appears to […]
Tips on Driving Safely in Icy Weather : A Marietta Auto Accident Lawyer’s Report
When roads become icy and snow falls there is a greater potential for injury and death on the highways in and around Atlanta and Marietta. Police reported ice caused an accident on the eastbound lanes of I-20 near the Langhorn Street exit in Atlana. According to reports, an SUV slid on ice and left the […]
Cartersville Trucking Accident Lawyer Report : Improper Lane Change by Truck Claims Two Lives Near Cartersville
Improper lane changes can have fatal consequences, particularly if the driver who fails to make sure there is sufficient clearance to change lanes is a truck driver. Our Cartersville truck accident injury lawyers were saddened to read about a collision near Cartersville and Exit 293 of I-75 that claimed the lives of two occupants of […]
New Safety Action Plan is Published for Buses in the Wake of Fatal Tour Bus Crashes
The dubious safety record of the tour bus industry has dominated headlines in recent years. In May 2012, our experienced Atlanta bus accident lawyers reported on how 26 bus companies, including two in Atlanta were closed down. The companies were closed down for safety violations “in the largest-ever single federal crackdown on the industry.” The […]
Marietta Motorcycle Injury Lawyer Report : Motorcycle Helmet Manufacturer Issues a Recall Over Substandard Helmets
If you ride a motorcycle you are more likely to die in an auto accident than if you are driving a car – 39 times more likely According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Motorcycles with never be as stable as four wheeled vehicles and riders will never get the same degree of protection […]
Crashes over Christmas Claim 17 Lives on Georgia’s Roads
Dense fog in Cobb County was one of the factors behind a grim Christmas on the roads of Georgia in which 17 people lost their lives Six of those deaths were in the metro Atlanta area, where I work as a car accident injury lawyer. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on a fatal crash in Cobb County […]
Alcohol and Speed Are Cited As Factors as Man Dies and Three Teens are Injured in Austell Car Crash
As a Marietta car accident lawyer I have reported on a number of occasions in recent months on the lethal combination of speed and alcohol on the highways of Cobb County. I was sad to read both of these factors appeared to be present in a crash that left a man dead and seriously injured […]
Marietta Auto Injury Lawyer Report : The Dangers of Vehicle Airbags
We expect airbags on cars and other vehicles to protect us in the case of car accidents but, on occasions, they can add to the hazards experienced in an auto wreck. My concern as a Marietta auto accident attorney is the speed at which airbags deploy. At 100 miles per hour plus this can be a […]
Driver from Marietta is Seriously Injured by Circular Blade that Smashed Through his Windshield
As a Marietta car and truck accident injury lawyer, I see a number of cases in which drivers are hurt by objects on the road such as items that fall off the back of a tractor trailer or debris. Another party is usually responsible. I see few crashes as strange, not to mention as frightening, […]
Marietta Auto Accident Injury Attorney Report : Excess Speed is Linked to Death of Couple in Marietta
Speed is one of the primary causes of fatal accidents on the roads of Georgia. I was saddened to read about the recent death of a couple on Paper Mill Road near Sibley Forest Drive in Marietta. Ryan Lombardo, 40, and his wife, Jessica, 35, both died at the scene of this crash, which happened […]
Police Say Alcohol a Likely Factor As Woman Sustains Serious Head Injury Driving into Parked Truck in Marietta
Alcohol was a likely factor in a recent crash in Marietta in which a woman from Tennessee suffered serious head injuries when she drove into a tractor trailer, say police. The accident occurred early in the morning of November 24 when the car she was driving crashed into a tractor-trailer parked on an entrance ramp […]
Pastor from Dallas is Killed in Cycling Accident in Bartow County
In previous articles I have written about how vulnerable cyclists are on the highways in and around Marietta, Smyrna and Dallas. As an experienced Marietta car accident injury lawyer, I am saddened to read about the death of a popular pastor when he was hit by a charter bus. Andrew Pray was the worship pastor presiding […]
Marietta Car Wreck Injury Attorney Report : Police Say Distracted Driving Led to Death of Pickup Driver in Pierce County
Distracted driving has become an increasingly prevalent factor in motor vehicle accidents over the past few years as electronic devices have become more popular. In a recent crash in Georgia, an “electronic communication device” was cited in the single vehicle crash that killed the driver, the Georgia State Patrol said. Travis Bartow Lee, 20, of […]
Marietta Car Accident Attorney Report : Two Police Officers and a Pedestrian are Injured in Carrollton
Two Georgia State Patrol officers have been injured in an accident that also sent a pedestrian to a local hospital. The accident in Carrollton has again illustrated the risks law enforcement officers face on a daily basis. Our Atlanta accident injury lawyers reported just days ago on the deaths of two police officers in a […]
Marietta Truck Accident Injury Lawyer Report : Drowsiness is Blamed on Truck Accident that Injured Another Tractor Trailer Driver
Truck drivers are on the roads of Georgia for long periods of time and they often drive late at night or early in the morning. Drowsiness, obesity and use of prescriptin drugs are endemic in the industry. The problems have again been illustrated in a crash in Pike County, Georgia. Police say a truck driver […]
