A June 2011 accident involving a California Zephyr passenger train and a tractor-trailer left six people dead and dozens injured. Truck driver Lawrence Valli was among the deceased, as well as the conductor and four passengers. The wreck took place in the Nevada desert. According to officials, the semi truck skidded for more than 100…
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Hands Across the Border Promotes Road Safety in Southeast U.S.
Labor Day Weekend is enjoyed as a three-day holiday by most people across the United States. However, for law enforcement, it is a weekend of greatly increased drunk driving arrests and motor vehicle accidents, injuries and fatalities. In Georgia, State Patrol and local police and sheriff’s deputies cooperate in Hands Across the Border (HATB), a…
Read More »Safe Driving Tips for Labor Day Weekend
The National Safety Council’s Statistic Department has estimated that 400 people will die in traffic accidents during Labor Day weekend this year. They arrived at this statistic after comparing fatality rates from previous Labor Day Weekends. The duration of Labor Day weekend is officially 6 p.m. Friday, September 2 to 11:50 p.m. Monday, September 5.…
Read More »Florida Truck Driver Charged with Motor Vehicle Homicide
Florida truck driver John Abbate is charged with causing a three-car accident on August 10 that left one Columbus man dead at the scene and another injured. The crash took place in front of Dickie Doodles Convenience Store and was documented by the store’s security cameras. Abbate was not arrested on scene, but has since…
Read More »Driverless Car: New Questionable Efforts at Road Safety
Google’s driverless car technology is a project that the Internet powerhouse is developing. Google engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View, is leading a team to develop driverless cars on the premise that robot vehicles will be safer than human drivers. Google is currently testing the…
Read More »Select Georgia Lawyers To Watch, under 40
Even before plaintiffs’ lawyers Brian D. “Buck” Rogers and his young partner Michael L. Goldberg joined forces with friendly rival Joseph A. Fried three years ago to form Fried Goldberg, they were winning substantial awards for clients. Since then, the personal injury boutique has been racking up millions in verdicts and settlements in Georgia and…
Read More »Five Ways to Protect Against Cargo Theft
As we noted in a previous blog about cargo theft, the incidents of theft have increased in recent years. The cost of this issue is high for all Americans. Not only does cargo theft force the cost of goods to increase, it also endangers the lives and safety of truck drivers. Every trucking carrier should…
Read More »Underinsured & Uninsured Motorist Coverage
By Michael Goldberg I was recently asked a question by an attorney friend concerning underinsured/uninsured (“UM”) motorist coverage. The question posed was this: “What happens at trial when a UM insurer answers in its own name and the at-fault driver is uninsured?” To understand the answer to this question, you have to understand how UM…
Read More »Trucking Veteran Named One of President Obama’s Champions of Change
With 32 years experience as a professional driver and more than 3 million accident-free miles, Ralph Garcia has seen a lot of America. For those who have watched him lead his team to 12 first place victories at the New Mexico State Truck Driving Championships, it comes as no surprise that this responsible driver was…
Read More »Government Mandated Fuel Standards for Carriers Meet with Mixed Reviews
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting in place, for the first time ever, regulations that will require tractor-trailers to achieve certain fuel efficiency. These pollution standards have been set based on the government’s estimate of the environmental toll of big trucks, which they say contribute 6 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions. The government…
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