The family of a motorcyclist, who was critically injured in a motorcyle accident in Henry County over the weekend, has issued a plea for help in finding the hit-and-run driver responsible for the accident. 34-year-old Justin Hayes was riding his motorcycle on Saturday evening, when he was struck by a…
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Georgia Worker Killed in Trench Collapse – Workers Compensation Claim Watch
Trench collapses are some of the most preventable workplace accidents and result in numerous workers compensation claims. Most of these collapses can simply be prevented by shoring up the walls of the trench, and determining whether the trench is safe to be used before workers are allowed inside.Failure to take…
Pedestrian Child Critically Injured in McDuffie County Bus Accident involving Truck
Georgia State Patrol investigators are investigating a pedestrian accident involving a third-grade boy, who was critically injured in an accident as he was getting into his school bus. The pedestrian accident occurred last Tuesday.As the school bus pulled over, the boy who was waiting at the stop, walked into the…
Why Georgia Needs to Pass a No Texting While Driving Bill
A Lilburn teenager was seriously injured in a single vehicle accident apparently caused because he was text messaging while driving. Nineteen-year-old Soheb Roy was text messaging his friend while driving his car, and crashed the vehicle into a telephone pole. He sustained serious injuries. The impact of the accident was…
Five Persons Injured in Georgia School Bus Accident
In the most recent in a string of serious school bus accidents in Georgia, five people have been injured in an accident involving a stopped school bus in Barrow County. The accident occurred on Wednesday. There were 14 students on the bus when the accident occurred.According to witnesses, the bus…
Atlanta Motorist Charged in Fatal Auto Accident
Police have charged the driver of a vehicle involved in a deadly auto accident in Atlanta over the weekend.According to Atlanta police, 21-year-old Mujahid Saleem was driving a car on Interstate 285 when the accident occurred.At some point, the car went through a grassy median, and crashed through a guardrail.It…
Georgia Teen Driver Week – Preventing Auto Accidents by Teens
The week from October 17-23 is being marked as National Teen Driver Safety Week.For parents in Georgia, Atlanta car accident attorneys, schools and communities, it’s time to renew efforts towards preventing auto accidentsand truck accidents involving teens. Automobile accidents are the number one cause of death for teenagers aged between…
Parental Influence Critical in Creating Responsible Teen Mortorists and Avoiding Auto Accidents
Last week, a teenager was killed in a deadly Cobb County auto accident that also left two children injured.The auto accident made headlines partly because the injured belonged to the family of a gubernatorial candidate.However, it was the loss of yet another teen life in an auto accident that caught…
Teen Motorist Killed in Cobb County Accident
Teen Motorist Killed in Cobb County Accident A teen motorist, who was severely injured in an accident involving the family of gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes, has died from his injuries.17-year-old Mario Zuniga Junior was being treated at Atlanta Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. On Sunday afternoon, Zuniga…
Mandatory Alcohol Testing Could Have Caused Decline in Truck Accident Fatalities
Mandatory Alcohol Testing Could Have Caused Decline in Truck Accident Fatalities As Atlanta truck accident lawyers, we keep ourselves informed about the latest developments in trucking safety.A study by scientists at Columbia University seems to suggest that mandatory alcohol testing programs have been responsible for the decline in truck accident…