Last week, the American Burn Association commemorated National Burn Awareness Week, to highlight the dangers to children and adults from fire and burn hazards. Although the focus of the American Burn Association tends to be towards household burn hazards, Atlanta injury attorneys often come across victims who have suffered serious…
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Prevent Fireworks Injuries on the Fourth of July
Prevent Fireworks Injuries on the Fourth Of July With just a few days to go to everyone’s favorite holiday of the calendar, it’s important to keep in mind that every year, approximately 9,000 people have to be rushed to emergency rooms with fireworks-related injuries on the Fourth of July. Not…
Atlanta Firefighter Injured in Accident Involving a Loose Truck Tire
Atlanta Firefighter Injured in Accident Involving Loose Truck Tire As Atlanta truck accident lawyers, we often find a common misconception that in a tractor trailer or commercial truck accident, the truck must be involved in a direct impact accident with the other vehicle for it to qualify as grounds for…
Sugar Refinery Explosion Entirely Preventable
Sugar Refinery Explosion Report Says Fire Entirely Preventable At the time, it was one of the worst industrial disasters in the country, and the most devastating Georgia Workers’ Compensation lawyers had seen in decades. When combustible sugar dust at a refinery near Savannah ignited and exploded last year, it set…
Fiery Interstate 75 Car Accident Linked to Road Rage
Earlier this month, we reported on an accident involving a car and a rental truck in Lowndes County on I-75. The accident, that occurred just before the Fourth of July weekend, left four people dead. Days later, several other details have emerged. Georgia State Patrol now believes that road rage…
Tractor Trailer-Tanker Truck Accident in Coweta County Ends in Blaze
Interstate 85 in Coweta County has been an accident magnet for the past several weeks because of the construction work going on there in both northbound and southbound lanes. Several truck accidents have been reported. The construction work has meant that traffic rules are being broken at random. Truck drivers…