http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/ Published by Ken Shigley en-us 2012-01-30T11:10:59-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/georgia_passes_law_to_streamli.html In my commercial trucking accidents law practice, we often need to subpoena business and medical records from other states, especially in interstate trucking personal injury and wrongful death litigation. In cases filed in state courts of Georgia, rather than federal... Legal Profession Ken Shigley 2012-01-30T11:10:59-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/12/fmcsa_bar_use_of_hand_held_cel.html For years we have explored cell phone distraction as a factor in the cause of motor vehicle accidents, including commercial trucking accidents. Discovery of cell phone records has become routine in litigation. We have read all the studies, deposed the... Trucking technology Ken Shigley 2011-12-30T07:51:01-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/12/truck_driving_hours_trimmed_ju.html Truck driver fatigue is a chronic issue in the causation of commercial truck accidents. Now the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has tweaked the rule yet again, but only at the outer margins of the hours of service rules. Effective... Trucking regulations Ken Shigley 2011-12-30T07:26:50-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/12/87_increase_in_trucking_fatali.html Fatalities in large truck accidents increased 8.7% in 2010, according to a report released last week by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. NHTSA said in its annual report that 3,675 people died in trucking related accidents in 2010, an... Trucking industry Ken Shigley 2011-12-20T12:00:43-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/11/hit_run_tractor_trailer_causes.html Atlantans woke this morning to the news that at 5:30 AM a hit and run tractor trailer caused a chain reaction accident on I-285 southbound in DeKalb County near Ponce de Leon Avenue. It hit a Ford Focus, knocking it... Ken Shigley 2011-11-15T14:17:42-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/11/truck_driver_class_actions_spr.html While my trucking litigation practice focuses largely on representation of individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from trucking accidents, a lot of those are truckers hurt in wrecks with other trucks. I'm working on several... Trucker class actions Ken Shigley 2011-11-13T13:47:39-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/09/illinois_law_upgrades_gps_info_1.html New ideas for trucking safety don't pop up very often. Thanks to fellow trucking safety trial lawyer Michael Leizerman in Ohio for bringing this one to my attention. Earlier this month, Illinois enacted a law to improve the GPS data... Trucking regulations Ken Shigley 2011-09-29T23:56:56-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/08/log_and_pulpwood_truck_acciden_1.html Throughout rural Georgia, clearly unsafe log and pulpwood trucks operate on the highways with little apparent concern for safety of the public with whom they share the roads. Just as trucking accident cases are different from car wreck cases, log... Trucking litigation Ken Shigley 2011-08-02T19:10:05-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/08/ntsb_recommends_truck_stabilit_1.html Stability of semitrailer tanker trucks with high and shifting centers of gravity is a significant issue in tanker truck accident cases. Now the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended for commercial vehicles over 10,000 gross vehicle weight: - that the... Ken Shigley 2011-08-02T18:41:18-05:00 http://www.georgiatruckaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/08/truckonly_lanes_cut_from_metro.html Plans for truck-only lanes on metro Atlanta expressways are among the aspirations cut from the Atlanta Regional Commission's transportation long-range plans released this week. The ailing economy and strapped government budgets led the ARC to ax or defer beyond my... Atlanta truck accidents Ken Shigley 2011-08-02T18:16:18-05:00