“car accident attorneys”

Buckle Up: Holiday Driving Accidents on the Rise as Thanksgiving Approaches

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | November 13, 2012

The end of the year is characterized by many changes. Events like a change in weather and temperature, coupled with daylight savings time serve to both symbolically usher in the holidays and bolster the economy, especially since consumers are more prone to willingly open their wallets in preparation for Christmas. However, aside from these things, […]

Deadly Car Accidents Challenging Atlanta Officials to Increase Response Times

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | April 23, 2012

A car accident doesn’t end when the vehicles involved cease to move. A car wreck, especially one with fatalities, can have far-reaching effects – on traffic, on witnesses, and most significantly on the families left behind. It can be a challenge determining exactly what happened, when it happened and who was involved. But oftentimes, another, […]

Drivers Sue Deceased Victims for Car Accidents: Georgia Representative Seeks Passing of Bill that would Give DUI Drivers Clean Slate

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 8, 2012

Recent years have seen a trend that is especially disturbing to car accident attorneys: at-fault drivers suing their victims or victims’ families. In 2010 a teenager on trial for the vehicular homicide of a pregnant woman and her son sued the victim’s family in civil court. In that case, a failed suicide attempt was the […]

Texting While Driving a Problem for Young Motorists: NHTSA Unveils New Distracted Driving Measure and NTSB Issues All-Call for a Ban on Cell Phone Use

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | December 30, 2011

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Deborah Hersman has called a 2010 car accident a “big red flag for all drivers.” A 19-year-old traveling near Missouri at 55 mph rear-ended a tractor trailer in the beginning of what could only be described as a deadly, multi-vehicle, chain collision. Initially, reports a writer for the Associated […]

School Bus Safety Still an Issue as More Child Pedestrians are Injured

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | December 12, 2011

School bus stop laws provide directives for what a motorist may and may not do while in the vicinity of a bus stop being operated by a school bus providing school transport. For drivers, not only are the rules of the road fairly simple when it comes to school bus safety, but the primary regulations […]