Result Categories: Personal Injury / Wrongful Death

Commercial Truck / Personal Injury

Posted on February 28, 2018 in

Wagner vs. Tony Cook Trucking Co. and Estate of Beck. On February 18, 2016, Mr. Wagner was the front seat passenger in a Toyota Corolla as the driver attempted to turn left at on a highway in Banks County, Georgia. The Corolla was violently struck by a dump truck. The driver of the Corolla was killed in the wreck. An investigation determined that the dump truck had brakes that were out of alignment. Mr. Wagner suffered severe injuries in the wreck, including a life-threatening brain injury that left him in a coma for seven days. The case settled prior to… read more

Commercial Vehicle / Personal Injury

Posted on February 28, 2018 in

Kayla Kummala and Madison Fortier v. Downey Trees, Inc. and Jeremy Ryan Stephens. On July 14, 2015, Ms. Kummala was the driver and Ms. Fortier was the backseat passenger of a car stopped at a red light in Forsyth County. A Downey Trees employee, driving a Downey Trees truck, failed to stop at the red light and hit the back of Ms. Kummala’s car going 67 miles per hour. Ms. Kummala suffered a serious brain injury and spent four days in the intensive care unit. Ms. Fortier was also knocked unconscious and suffered severe physical injuries including the partial amputation… read more

Tractor Trailer Wreck

Posted on September 8, 2017 in

Strickland v. Progressive Express Insurance, James Green and A Plus Flat Rate Logistics, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.  Wrongful death of 65-year old retiree.  Suit brought against trucking company, driver and trucking company’s insurer.  Insurer took the position that the total policy limits available were $50,000.  After suit was filed seeking a declaration that policy failed to comply with Florida insurance requirements, trucking company insurer settled case for 15 times stated policy limits and pre-suit offer.

Tractor Trailer/Personal Injury

Posted on September 8, 2017 in

Armstrong v. Load One, LLC, et al.  U. S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division.  On November 8, 2014 Mrs. Armstrong was stopped at the tail end of a line of traffic on GA 96 when she was suddenly and without warning rear-ended by a large tractor-trailer owned by Load One, LLC.  The investigating officers discovered that the driver of the tractor-trailer was driving under the influence of alcohol.  A thorough investigation by BP LLP uncovered multiple prior DUIs for the tractor-trailer driver and revealed that he should have never been hired to drive a tractor-trailer in the first… read more

Tractor-Trailer / Nighttime Under-ride Case / Wrongful Death

Posted on September 3, 2017 in

Plaintiffs v. National Gypsum, CPC Logistics, Inc., CPC Building and Manufacturing Products, LLC, et al., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. On January 24, 2006 just after dark, a CPC truck driver was backing a tractor-trailer across a two lane country road in South Georgia. The truck driver failed to accurately observe an oncoming vehicle driven by Plaintiff who struck the trailer broadside. Defendants denied all fault for the wreck and blamed the decedent arguing that she could have, and should have, seen the trailer across her lane. Our firm showed through expert testimony and scientific studies… read more

Wrongful Death

Posted on September 3, 2017 in

Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia. Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a “spotter” or “flag man” on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased. Although she initially obeyed the stop signal, the driver then negligently began backing up without receiving any other signals, running… read more