Motor Vehicle Accidents

You know that the driver who crashed into you had their phone in their hands at the time of the wreck. You might have even seen the phone as they swerved into your lane or blew through a red light without stopping.  Clearly, Georgia law makes driving while using a...

Driving is one of the most dangerous things we do, but few people consciously practice or try to improve. If you are in a crash with an older, more experienced driver, they may argue that they could not have caused the crash because they have been driving without...

If an 80,000-pound semi truck collides with your roughly 5,000-pound vehicle, you are likely to suffer a serious bodily injury. Even worse, someone in your car, pickup or SUV may die in the accident. After all, about 5,000 Americans die in truck accidents annually....

At a two-way stop, you know to pull up to the sign, look both ways, and then decide when it’s safe to pull out into the street or cross it on the same road. At a stoplight, though, you likely just watch to see when it turns green, and then you drive. There is no need...

When a commercial truck is responsible for a crash, people tend to just assume the professional driver is at fault.  Although crash statistics provided by federal regulatory agencies show commercial drivers cause about 87% of collisions where the big truck is at...

It may be easy for people in Georgia to feel intimidated by the large semi-trucks and tractor-trailers they encounter on the state's roads and highways. Some solace like comes, however, from the assumption that those driving them are highly skilled and trained in the...

If another driver collides with your vehicle and inflicts injury on you, the other driver has certain obligations under Georgia law. The person cannot just drive away and leave the accident scene. In the event a driver commits a hit and run that injures you, the...

In the immediate aftermath of a car accident, people may think they do not have injuries. If people experience neck pain in the days following the accident, though, they may have an injury called whiplash.  Whiplash is one kind of injury that people may sustain during...

The issue of exactly what responsibility a driver has to the passengers in their vehicle is often a complicated one. Most in Georgia may agree that a driver is responsible for ensuring that any children or minors they transport remain safe. Yet many may argue the...