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How Are Punitive Damages Affected If I’m Injured By a Truck Driver in Violation of Hours of Service? Truck accidents are common in Georgia and especially in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. Hours-of-service violations are their most common causes. What few victims know is that, with the help of an experienced trucking accident attorney on their
They don’t travel very fast, but they sure do leave a car mangled. A run-in with a trash truck can cause long-term damage from any variety of injuries sustained. The issue in many situations that involve garbage trucks is the privatization of the service. You are not up against a company that faces scrutiny in
Most people have learned to anticipate car crashes with similarly sized vehicles. But when you get any difference in size between the two cars involved, the victim in the smaller car can experience much more extensive injuries. Because people anticipate car accidents with similarly sized vehicles, they often don't consider the full extent of the
In short, yes. The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily changed the laws and regulations surrounding commercial truckers. The silver lining is that there hasn’t seemed to be a huge increase in trucking accidents on a larger scale. But how have these regulations changed, and is it possible that these changes may be permanent? While the trucking
In theory, yes, COVID-19 has led to fewer traffic accidents, especially in high traffic areas. If you looked out on Atlanta in late-March or early-April, you would see a ghost town. The exact images found of Atlanta in horror movies and apocalyptic shows, streets were empty, businesses were closed, and no one was out. The