The Atlanta division of the United States District Court (N.D. Georgia) ruled in a recent case, Embry v. Vance, Dist. Court, ND Georgia 2013, regarding specific evidentiary requirements in cases involving medical questions. The plaintiff filed the lawsuit following a car accident in DeKalb County, Georgia, seeking to recover medical expenses, lost…
Authorities announced late last month, that a Canadian man was charged with first degree vehicular homicide and felony hit and run in connection with a fatal accident on Interstate 75 in Cobb County that he was believed to have caused. The man was also charged with improper lane change while driving the…
The first weekend in November was a tragic one in the greater Atlanta area, with four separate car accidents that left four people dead. Three of the accidents occurred on Saturday. Although the circumstances surrounding the crashes were unclear, the first occurred when a garbage truck rolled over while exiting…
Over the weekend, officials reported that it took them several hours to successfully clear the remnants of a tragic accident that happened on Interstate 85 near Peachtree Road in Suwanee, Gwinnett County. A county officer confirmed that there was one fatality, following the reported collision of a passenger vehicle and a…
A driver who fell asleep in his truck in the middle of the road caused a major traffic accident in Atlanta, when he suddenly woke up and accelerated into several vehicles in an attempt to flee the scene. The man was apparently initially discovered by the camera crews of a…
Gainesville Police believe that road rage was likely to blame for causing a deadly accident last week on Browns Bridge Road. A police spokesman said in a statement that a 911 call was received wherein the caller stated that a pickup truck was repeatedly and aggressively hitting a Toyota Highlander from…
An Atlanta truck driver was among the victims in an accident that occurred on Interstate 40 in Jefferson County this week involving three vehicles, which lead to eight deaths, and at least fourteen people injured. The accident happened when a church bus reportedly crossed over the median of the interstate…
Douglasville police released information regarding a serious car accident that happened over the weekend. According to police, the accident happened near the Fairburn Road exit after 10 p.m. An SUV carrying six people flipped several times at an exit ramp off I-20. The SUV was carrying a family from Atlanta,…
Atlanta police are continuing their investigation into a car accident in Southwest Atlanta that killed a grandmother driving to church on a Sunday morning. The 68-year-old woman was driving her Honda Accord when she stopped or slowed down near the traffic light. Police said that shortly thereafter a Ford Taurus…
Cobb County police have arrested a Florida woman for her role in an early morning fatal crash. The crash happened earlier this month on I-75 south, just south of the Hickory Grove Road overpass. Police said the Florida woman failed to stay in her lane, which resulted in her sideswiping a…