Today, in the early morning hours, a fatal motorcycle crash occurred on I-75 northbound near the 17th street overpass. According to investigating officers, the motorcyclist was ejected and killed during the collision when his motorcycle was rear-ended by an SUV. The driver of the SUV was arrested and charged with…
Today the Cobb County Trial Lawyers Association named it’s new slate of officers for 2010. The Persons Firm, LLC is pleased to announce our managing partner, Ben Persons, was named Secretary for 2010. Also elected into leadership positions were Randy Rogers (President) and Aaron Strimban (Treasurer). “The Cobb County Trial…
School is out for the summer and teen drivers are spending more time behind the wheel. Recent studies indicate teen drivers engage in more risky in-vehicle behavior during the summer months, which likely accounts for the increased number of fatal car wrecks during the summer. According to the NHTSA, car…
Saturday, Tennessee was hit by one of the most severe floods in U.S. History. In Nashville, the Cumberland river lifted 12 feet over flood stages, flooding the city, and causing an estimated $1 billion dollars in damage. On Tuesday as the river began receding, nearly 30 deaths have been blamed…
Texting while driving, is known by prosecutors and personal injury lawyers as the new DUI/DWI. Georgia will soon become one of the 20 states that bans texting while driving. With legislation and driver education we can hopefully prevent fatal collisions like what occurred in the video above.
Presuming the Governor signs off on the new legislation, it will soon be illegal to text while driving in Georgia. Personally, it seems odd we need a law to tell people to refrain from typing messages on their smartphones while operating a two ton metal box in speeds in excess…
In last week’s blog I passed on Consumer Reports warnings concerning the new Lexus GX 460. Toyota initially responded to the report stating “We’re concerned with the results of Consumer Reports testing on the Lexus GX 460 and their suggested buyer recommendation. Our engineers conducted similar tests during the development…
In our Marietta injury lawyer blog, we recently discussed the safety concerns with the new Lexus GX 460. Consumer Reports has also released some video of the problematic Lexus SUV being tested on their handling course in East Haddam Connecticut. The above video illustrates Consumer Reports’ concerns with this vehicle.
Toyota, the parent company of Lexus, got more bad news this week when Consumer Reports published the results of their safety testing on the Lexus GX460. Testing on a handling course indicated the SUV was a rollover risk in real-world driving situations. At the Consumer Report test track, during tight…
With the Supreme Court of Georgia’s recent monumental decision on medical malpractice damages caps, the tort reform debate is back in the news. As a Marietta Medical Malpractice Lawyer, when I saw that Joe Kirby (Editor of the Editorial Page of the Marietta Daily Journal) had written an article on…