Two weeks ago a head on car accident on 400 was caused by a drunk driver headed the wrong way. She killed not only herself, but also the gentleman in the car she struck. Now, in a shining example of what is fundamentally wrong with our society, the passenger in…
By now you may have heard of the Twitter assault launched by comedian Matt Fisher about Progressive Insurance’s behavior in his sister’s wrongful death civil suit. It has now made the front page of CNN. So what is the real deal with the case? Is Progressive defending his sister’s killer?…
In an ongoing case with Atlanta tractor trailer accident attorneys of Christopher Simon Attorney at Law are tackling a common issue in trucking cases; can you sue the insurance company as a named defendant. In Georgia in normal car accident cases, you must sue the defendant driver but not their…
We got a call from a Georgia State Student this week who was badly hurt when she was hit by a car while crossing Moreland Avenue. She sustained a broken pelvis, tore multiple knee ligaments and has been in a wheelchair for weeks. She apparently had called one of the…
I was at the beach last week when I read about 8 year old Cameron Mcilwain losing his life because of debris flying off of a poorly maintained tractor trailer. As a parent of two small children, I cannot imagine what demons his mother is tortured by now given the…
I have been in the insurance litigation business for 15 years now, 10 of which I spent litigating for and advising insurance companies in Atlanta, and car accident lawyers followed a simple rule then; investigate thoroughly and if the claim had merit offer a fair but discounted for present day…
The AJC is reporting that another boater has been involved in a DUI fatality on the Lake, this time taking the lives of two children, Jake and Griffin Prince. Except for the time of day, this case is all too similar to a case our firm is working from last…
There is some justice in the world, but often not enough. I cannot count the number of times I find myself having to tell clients that. In my darker moments, I will refer to my profession as being a merchant of tragedy and there are aspects of my job that…
The firm is representing the family of Julie Hernandez in a wrongful death case stemming from a tragic night this year when a car ran her down and killed her. We review around 20 cases a year involving pedestrian deaths and there are usually a few sad facts in common:…
A drunk billionaire kills a struggling college student on a dark Florida road and walks off into the night. A $46 Million Dollar settlement in a wrongful death suit, a multimillion dollar Dram shop settlement with the Players Club Bar for overserving the drunk driver, and a vehicular manslaughter trial…