A municipal bus pulled in front of the car driven by our client’s husband. As a result of the collision, our client was killed. The case settled after we provided evidence demonstrating that our client’s life was filled with family, friends, and church involvement.

My client was driving alongside a tractor trailer on I-285 in Dekalb County, Georgia. The truck driver made a lane change and side-swiped my client. The impact caused her to lose control and strike the median wall. The insurance defense attorneys aggressively defended the case. They argued that the accident was minor. They claimed there was little damage to my client’s car. A personal injury lawyer with no experience in truck accidents may have settled the case for $50,000.00. In fact, this was the insurance company’s offer- and they adamantly refused to offer more. I looked deeper into the case. I sought to uncover the reason for the accident. I applied my knowledge of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The regulations require trucking companies to train their drivers. The FMCSR’s also require trucking companies to make sure their truck drivers do not exceed their hours of service. The truck driver had exceeded his hours of service and had not been trained. During my investigation, I learned that the trucking company knew the regulations but chose to ignore them. The case settled in mediation for $700,000.00.

A truck driver who was driving a janitorial van drove through a stop sign in the Alpharetta Milton area and struck our client broadside (a “Tbone” accident). As a result of the collision, our client was hospitalized. He suffered fractured ribs, chest contusions, a collapsed lung and a fractured pelvis. We submitted a policy limits demand to the insurance company for both the at fault truck driver and our client’s uninsured motorist (“UM”) coverage. The case settled for the insurance policy limits.