Don’t confuse underriding with underwriting. These are two different things, and one will kill you. Just when you think you may have heard everything, you hear about a fairly graphic term that happens in certain accident cases called underriding. Underriding refers to a wreck where a vehicle or a motorcycle…
When servicemen are killed in the U.S. in car crashes, it’s hard to accept. They survived Iraq only to come home and wind up dead. “This case was really hard for the family,” said Stephen Ozcomert an Atlanta personal injury attorney. “The 21-year-old Marine hadn’t been home all that long…
Generally speaking, products are safety tested before they hit the marketplace. Now and then, something goes wrong. “While it’s true that most products are safety tested before they are put on the market, there are cases where something goes wrong – either intentionally or unintentionally. When that happens, consumers may…
Georgia has new penalties for dangerous drivers that support trauma care in the state. This is quite possibly a groundbreaking development in terms of trying to handle the number of dangerous drivers in the State of Georgia. The “Super Speeder Law,” also formally recognized by the designation HB160, went into…
When will the product recalls stop? This time, baby sling carriers are in question. First it was kids’ toys, then jewelry and now, baby slings. What is the world coming to with all the dangerous products on the market lately? It isn’t just kids’ products either. Witness the massive recalls…
People just don’t seem to realize that being on a cell phone while driving is a deadly distraction. This case demonstrates that clearly. This car crash happened on an expressway where vehicles were traveling at high rates of speed. A state trooper was seriously injured as a result of this…
There is only one cell phone law in the State of Georgia; the one relating to school bus drivers. That may change if the Bill in the House dealing with this is passed. Who hasn’t been behind a person on cell phone trying to drive at the same time and…
Just in case you don’t know this, you should if you live in the state of Georgia. Everyone must have car insurance. If you’re a newbie just arriving in Georgia from another state or out of country, one of the first things you will want to know is that you…
It doesn’t matter if you hold the cell phone in your hand and talk while driving, or have hands-free access to talk all you want; both ways may cost you your life. No matter which way you add it up, yakking on a cell phone held in your hand or…
It’s hard to try and set an amount of damages that you may have sustained in a car crash. The sheer overwhelming number and type of wounds may totally confuse you, not to mention having to repair your vehicle. During the summer the highways and by-ways across America are jammed…