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Understanding Amazon Injury Claims
Why It's Critical To Hire an Atlanta Personal Injury Attorney Amazon delivery vehicles are everywhere in Atlanta, ensuring quick package deliveries. But with the rise in deliveries, accidents involving Amazon drivers have also increased. If you were injured in an accident with an Amazon delivery vehicle, you may be entitled to compensation, but you need…
Read More »Cell Phones Responsible For Most Distracted Driving Trucking Accidents
Cell phones cause most distracted truck crashes. An Atlanta truck wreck lawyer explains how victims can seek compensation.
Read More »Injured in a FedEx Accident in Atlanta? A Personal Injury Attorney Can Help
Understanding Your Rights: FedEx Injury Claims in Atlanta FedEx trucks are a common sight on Atlanta roads. With thousands of deliveries happening daily, accidents involving FedEx vehicles are bound to occur. When they do, victims may suffer serious injuries and face mounting medical bills, lost wages, and emotional distress. If you've been injured in a…
Read More »What to Do If You Suffer a Brain Injury in a Trucking Crash
Truck accidents often result in some of the most catastrophic injuries. When a large commercial truck collides with a smaller vehicle, the force can cause life-altering trauma, including severe head and brain injuries. Since March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, it’s important to shed light on the dangers posed by truck accidents. Traumatic brain injuries…
Read More »New AI Technology Hopes To Prevent Drowsy Driving Among Truckers
New AI-driven technology is being developed to tackle one of the leading causes of truck accidents: drowsy driving. According to FleetOwner, fatigue-related crashes are a major risk in the trucking industry, but advancements in AI may soon help prevent these accidents. By monitoring driver alertness and detecting signs of fatigue in real-time, this technology has…
Read More »How to Handle Funeral Costs and Estate Planning After a Truck Accident Death
Tractor-trailers are sometimes referred to as "40 tons of Death on Wheels" due to their potential to cause severe accidents. In 2021, there were more than half a million accidents involving semi-trucks. More than 120,000 of these collisions caused injuries or fatalities. To put that into perspective, that means there are more than 300 serious…
Read More »Family Legal Rights: Suing for Wrongful Death After a Trucking Accident
If someone is killed either accidentally or intentionally in the state of Georgia, their survivors may be entitled to compensation for wrongful death. Commercial trucks are massive and have the potential to cause catastrophic damages to property and life. Too often, these drivers act in negligence and recklessness, and other people pay the ultimate price.…
Read More »Common Traumatic Injuries After a Truck Accident
Semi-trucks, heavy trucks, tractor-trailer trucks — no matter what they’re called, these large vehicles have the capacity to severely injure or kill travelers or bystanders in the blink of an eye. The average passenger car, weighing in at 4,100 lbs (just over two tons), is no match for a fully loaded tractor-trailer hauling 80,000 lbs…
Read More »Brake Failure is a Common Cause of Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Every day, drivers in Metro Atlanta share roads and highways with tractor-trailers. These giants of the highway are an important part of our economy, transporting goods day and night across the nation. However, there's a hidden danger that can strike at any moment—semi-truck brake failure. The consequences of failed brakes on an 18-wheeler can be…
Read More »When Tractor-Trailer Brakes Fail and Cause Serious Injuries
A significant portion of truck wrecks involve failure of the truck’s air brake systems. According to a 2006 study by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, one of the most common vehicle-related causes of truck crashes was brake failure. Of the 967 truck crashes examined in the study, brake failure accounted for 29.4% of all…
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