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  • "When the trucking company goes under" article published in Trial magazine
  • Proposed Georgia legislation to crack down on texting while driving
  • Texting by truckers banned
  • Like the dog who liked to chase trucks
  • Comment from a truck driver who is coerced to break the law
  • A remarkably blessed family in truck wreck
  • Intoxicated truck driver from Texas kills Michigan woman on I-75 overpass at Perry, Georgia
  • Savannah area log truck accident kills pedestrian
  • Laptop computer use while driving big rig suspected in NY wreck that killed young mom
  • Charlotte crash highlights rule that tractor trailer drivers when stopped must put out reflective triangles or flares
  • Beware of law firms not licensed in Georgia but advertising for Georgia cases
  • Pittsburgh 3-year-old killed by speeding tractor trailer on I-95 in Georgia
  • Container freight equipment safety rules go into effect
  • Top 5 predictions for motor carrier safety in 2010
  • How to tell motor carriers to preserve evidence after a truck crash
  • Shanghai to Chattanooga, Rotterdam to Columbus
  • Trucking company owner, driver and repair facility owner guilty of criminal charges in fatal PA truck crash
  • Motor carrier employee protections
  • J. B. Hunt tractor trailer runs stop sign, hits family van in Spalding County, Georgia
  • Truck stop casinos
  • Witnessed fiery truck crash in New Mexico
  • Container freight truck crash liability
  • Justice for truck drivers who refuse to violate the law
  • Bus crashes & overturns on I-75 with Morehouse College band
  • Hahira woman killed in side underride crash when Ohio trucker runs stop sign
  • Truckers Chapel at truck stop on I-75 south of Atlanta
  • Truck driver distraction is target of petition to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • 7 injured when speeding truck crashed on I-24 in Dade County, Georgia
  • Trucking safety agency nominee grilled in Senate hearing
  • Nominee for FMCSA chief blasted in New York Times
  • $50 million verdict today for trucking brain injury case in California
  • Tree trimming bucket truck kills 3 members of family in Walker County, Georgia
  • Trucking companies must require employees to follow the rules
  • Atlanta school bus runs over & kills kindergartner
  • Role of punitive damage claims in commercial truck crash cases in Georgia
  • Trucker admits lies in court, leading to $16 million settlement
  • 1 killed, 2 critically injured in Savannah collision with 18 wheeler
  • The Smart Consumer's Guide to Hiring a Great Lawyer
  • Wisconsin teen killed in Albany crash
  • Safety advocates seek speed governors on trucks
  • Ice cream truck driver injured in collision with 18 wheeler
  • Another family killed when rear-ended by a tractor trailer
  • 18 wheeler kills family in Mississippi
  • 9 killed in Oklahoma tractor trailer crash
  • Legislation would require Electronic On-Board Recorders in all interstate trucks in 4 years
  • What's under those "China Freight" containers on the roads? FMCSA has new safety rules for intermodal chassis.
  • Death in tractor trailer wreck on I-85
  • Anne Ferro picked to head Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Obesity and sleep apnea a double threat for trucking safety
  • Video of tractor trailer tipping over looks like load shift
  • Ambulance on wrong side of road in head on collision in Carroll County
  • Bus safety deficits are target of NTSB report
  • MARTA bus rollover on ramp hints poor hiring and training practices
  • NHTSA nominee faces hard choices between fuel economy and vehicle safety
  • MADD CEO picked to head National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • With Atlanta expressway signage problems still not corrected, another bus narrowly avoids repeat of Bluffton bus crash two years ago
  • Hazardous shipments data compiled in new Hazardous Intelligence Portal
  • FBI sets up database connecting trucker suspects and bodies dumped along highways
  • Health and wellness challenges for truck drivers affect safety
  • One-third of D-1 universities have used charter bus companies with deficient safety ratings
  • Hazmat truck of hydrofluoric acid overturns, prompts evacuation
  • "Safety culture" is important for prevention of catastrophic truck crashes
  • Defense-oriented article casts more light on claims against freight brokers and shippers
  • Intricate shell games evade accountability
  • Polk County, Florida, jury returns $65 million verdict in trucking brain injury case
  • Truck driver, owner & garage owner all charged with vehicular homicide in Pennsylvania truck crash
  • How insurance adjusters lull you into complacency in order to take advantage of you
  • Mexican trucks barred from US again
  • Sleep apnea in truck drivers linked to obesity
  • Insurance coverage for truck drivers hurt or killed by other drivers
  • Time to adjust motor carrier insurance requirements for 29 years of inflation
  • Battle over hours of service regulation enters new round
  • At last, FMCSA is tightening up medical certification of truck drivers
  • Seven deadly sins for new motor carriers
  • New federal regulation cracks down on "chameleon carriers"
  • What medical conditions disqualify a commercial truck driver?
  • Medical certification rules for interstate truck drivers tightening
  • Electronic record keeping and discovery in interstate trucking
  • Interstate Trucking Litigation Group seminar in Las Vegas
  • Tractor trailer rear-ends car near Furman campus, woman airlifted to hospital
  • NTSB suggests requiring fatigue monitoring technology in trucking
  • Truck drivers required to speak and read English, so how do some of these guys get CDL licenses??
  • Trucking safety not at top of priority list for new DOT Secretary
  • Truck stop visit illustrates how hard it is for truckers to maintain healthy lifestyle
  • Obama puts on hold 3 new Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations
  • Truckers' hours of service rule not among those stayed by Obama administration
  • Treasurer of State Bar of Georgia
  • Obesity, sleep apnea, driver fatigue and trucking safety
  • Two cement mixer truck rollovers highlight special handling characteristics
  • Scrambled eggs freeze to road in tractor trailer accident
  • Tractor trailer wreck on I-85 Georgia due to bad tire
  • Recession ends truck driver shortage
  • Firefighter crushed under tractor trailer speeding in freezing rain in Indiana
  • Yawning Danger - call to take truckers back to 10 hours driving per day
  • Quick clips: what they're saying about prospective DOT Secretary Ray LaHood
  • Big rig and snow removal truck crash in NH reminds me of my first trucking case in GA
  • Quick clips on Boxing Day: trucking economics and safety
  • Gasoline tanker crashes and explodes on Lookout Mountain
  • Trucker killed in collision with another tractor trailer in Iowa
  • GPS data to be used to monitor trucking companies' compliance with federal regulations
  • Safety management a key to trucking industry profitability
  • Hours of service rule for truckers challenged as threat to safety
  • Georgia tort reform inadvertently puts brakes on a common defense tactic
  • Tractor trailer rearended by airplane
  • New EPA administrator is a certified HazMat manager
  • New safety rules issued for intermodal trucking equipment
  • The 11 deadly sins for trucking companies
  • Congressman Ray LaHood Named New US DOT Secretary
  • A day full of trucker depositions
  • Forklift on tractor trailer takes chunk out of Texas overpass
  • Trucking industry capacity declining with recession
  • Who will be new Secretary of Transportation and director of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration?
  • Atlanta motorist killed in collision with tractor trailer on Campbellton Road
  • Truck safety and law implications of Futurist predictions
  • Recession hits trucking industry hard
  • Proposed school bus safety rules give manufacturers immunity
  • Recession hardship for injury victims prompts attorney fee discount
  • Senate Committee critical of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Fiery truck crash kills great-grandmother in Virginia
  • Two cement truck rollovers in news this week
  • Truck driver medical screening and licenses to be linked
  • The future of intellligent transportation systems
  • $23.5 million verdict against Swift Transportation for spinal cord injury to Yellow Freight employee
  • Report on the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC)
  • Should there be a mandatory retirement age for truck drivers?
  • Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee agenda
  • Obama transition team hears truck safety debate points
  • FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meetings on Dec. 1 and 10
  • Trucking hours of service debate continues
  • Truck speeding on rain slick freeway with bad brakes caused fiery pileup in tunnel
  • Road Safe America promotes Drive Safer Sunday
  • Ohio trucker who was volunteer fireman killed in collision with Georgia fire truck
  • Big rig crash in morning fog kills woman
  • Truck wreck kills three in hazardous weather
  • Florida truck driver on cell phone hits school bus, kills child
  • Trucking companies recruiting displaced auto workers. Are investment bankers next?
  • Recent trucking accident jury verdicts
  • Accident litigation increasingly focuses on cell phone and text messaging distraction issues
  • Bus seat belt legislation stalled again, 40 years after NTSB first recommended seat belts on buses
  • Georgia truck wreck lawyer comment cited among best blog posts about impact of Wall Street mess
  • Truck underride -- an unnecessary continuing tragedy
  • NTSB urges stronger enforcement of truck driver rest period rules
  • Trucking accidents and insurance - longer term implications of the current credit crisis
  • Impact of the Wall Street crisis on trucking and insurance
  • Two armored truck accidents in Georgia in one week
  • Senate committee blasts Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for failure to protect public on driving hours and drug testing
  • Driver Fatigue Monitor seeks to cut fatigue-related crashes
  • Truck accidents may be caused by distractions of electronic devices in truck cabs
  • Truck driver drug testing system flawed according to GAO report
  • Truck accident trials in Georgia - attorney fee claim may be worth more than punitive damages
  • Trucking companies responsible for their drivers even if they evade regulations
  • Truck driver fatigue and hours of service
  • Truck accident records destruction and duty to preserve evidence
  • Trucking accident victims protected by MCS-90 endorsement on truckers' insurance polcies
  • Truck driver logs may be electronic ... "in the year 2525, if man is still alive"
  • Truckers in bad weather must exercise "extreme caution"
  • Truck accident facts may support punitive damages claims
  • In trucking accidents, consider a claim against a freight broker or logistics company
  • Truckers warned of safety risks of anti-smoking drug Chantix
  • Truck safety implications of rising fuel prices
  • Trucking accidents may be documented by DriveCam -- if they save the video
  • Georgia truck wreck spills explosive ammonium nitrate
  • Truck accident lawyer selection
  • Trucking companies responsible for negligence of "independent contractor" truck drivers as "statutory employees"

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  • February 2, 2010 9:21 AM
    "When the trucking company goes under" article published in Trial magazine Bankruptcy is on the rise for both companies and individuals, so don't be surprised if your trucking company defendant, or its insurer, becomes insolvent. Here's how to protect your client if hard times hit your trucking case.
  • February 1, 2010 6:31 PM
    Proposed Georgia legislation to crack down on texting while driving In the Georgia legislature, two proposed bills would crack down...
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    Texting by truckers banned Today the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration banned text messaging...
  • January 11, 2010 8:24 AM
    Like the dog who liked to chase trucks Saturday morning at the State Bar of Georgia midyear meeting,...
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    Comment from a truck driver who is coerced to break the law As a trucking safety trial attorney in Georgia, I spend...

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