The driver who entered against the red signal is normally the one financially responsible, and that responsibility usually runs through that driver's liability insurance. Georgia law treats disobeying a steady...
In a side-impact crash, fault almost always rests on the driver who failed to yield or who entered the intersection unlawfully, because a T-bone happens when one vehicle crosses into...
Georgia once stood out for letting an injured person name a motor carrier's insurer as a defendant in the same lawsuit as the carrier and driver. That ability still exists,...
Large trucks have wide blind spots, often called "no-zones," around the front, both sides, and the rear where the driver cannot see nearby vehicles. A crash in one of these...
Phone records can be obtained in a Georgia injury case, but generally not by simply asking the carrier; the usual path runs through a filed lawsuit and its formal discovery...
A truck with a high center of gravity tips more readily in curves, ramps, and sudden maneuvers, and when that tendency causes a rollover, the carrier can be responsible. Whether...
A neutral bystander who saw the crash can carry real weight in a Georgia fault dispute, because the people involved often remember events in self-serving ways. An independent account that...
Obtaining a Georgia crash report is a straightforward records request, available online or directly from the agency that investigated the wreck. The official Georgia Uniform Motor Vehicle Accident Report is...
The 14-hour window is a federal ceiling on how late into a workday a commercial trucker may keep driving. Once a driver starts work, the clock runs continuously, and driving...
Data from a vehicle's event data recorder can be powerful evidence of how a Georgia crash happened. Often called the car's "black box," the EDR captures objective readings in the...