Our law firm represents Clients throughout the state of Georgia and has recovered millions of dollars for individuals who have been suffered an injury as a consequence of the fault of another. Please contact us if we can be of assistance.

Our law firm represents Clients throughout the state of Georgia and has recovered millions of dollars for individuals who have been suffered an injury as a consequence of the fault of another. Please contact us if we can be of assistance.

As the weather gets warmer and gas prices get higher, more people choose transportation that has two wheels instead of four.

The efforts included safety education presentations to school, church and civic groups by Georgia State Troopers as well as media outreach.

The Murray Law Firm has recovered millions of dollars for victims of accidents throughout Georgia. If you or a loved one has been injured at the fault of another, contact our firm for a free case evaluation.

Waltham, Mass. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland today took a first look at new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) technology being developed to prevent alcohol-impaired drivers from operating their vehicles while under the influence.

In 2009, 10,839 people died nationwide in crashes involving a drunk driver. These deaths make up 32 percent of all fatal crashes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall of almost 800,000 child seats because the harness may not effectively protect the child. The child seats were made by the Dorel Juvenile Group and were sold under the brand names Safety 1st, Maxi-Cosi, Cosco and Eddie Bauer. Last year the NHTSA received reports that the restraining straps on the seats had loosened during travel. Christopher Jensen, The New York Times 02/14/2011
Almost 800,000 child seats are being recalled because their harnesses may not hold the child securely, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday.

Dorel said it had received 143 complaints of the front harness loosening and was conducting the recall even though it feels there was no safety defect. Instead, it told the agency the restraints "exhibited performance issues."

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January 24-28, 2011 marked the latest enforcement wave of the Georgia TACT program was conducted last week on I-75 in Catoosa and Whitfield counties. TACT, or Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks, combines enforcement and education to increase driver awareness of the dangers associated with risky driving behaviors around commercial motor vehicles. During the five-day effort, troopers and MCCD officers made 296 contacts that included 123 commercial vehicle inspections, 101 citations, and 72 warnings. Included in the activity were 11 citations and 22 warnings to drivers of commercial vehicles for following too closely. Of the 123 inspections, six vehicles and six drivers were placed out of service with inspections revealing 84 equipment violations and 105 driver violations.

Congratulations to the TACT program, and keep up the good work!

Following a work accident in Georgia, no matter how minor or severe the injury, the most important thing for an injured worker to do is to report the incident to his or her acting supervisor. Georgia law requires that a work injury be reported to an employer with 30 days of the accident, and failure to do so could allow the employer to deny the workers compensation claim. As a consequence, do not hesitate in notifying your employer and be certain to indicate how the work accident occurred and the various injuries that were sustained. After reporting the accident, if you are seriously injured, request that your employer call 911 or transport you to an emergency room for immediate care. If you are not sure if you are hurt, out of an abundance of caution, seek treatment at an emergency room.

After receiving immediate care for your injuries, you should take pictures of the scene of the work accident. Employers may attempt to alter the accident scene, so it is important to document exactly what the area looked like at the time of the accident. If you don't have a camera with you, use your phone to take the pictures. It is also important to take pictures of your work injury...bruising will disappear within days, so it is critical to preserve the visual severity injury as quickly as possible.

After taking pictures of your injury and the accident scene, you should ask your employer for a panel of physicians. Georgia law allows an employer to limit the medical providers that an injured work may treat with after a workers compensation accident, but only if the employer properly posts a panel of physicians at its workplace. If the employer fails to post this panel, which is usually a pink piece of paper posted in the break room, an injured worker is allowed by law to treat with a physician of his or her choice at the expense of the employer. Also ask your employer who it's workers compensation insurance company is, and the telephone number for the insurance company's claims office. Make a note of this information for your records.

Our law firm represents Clients throughout the state of Georgia and has recovered millions of dollars for individuals who have been suffered an injury as a consequence of the fault of another. Please contact us if we can be of assistance.

Our law firm represents Clients throughout the State of Georgia, and we have recovered millions upon millions of dollars for individuals who have suffered an injury as a consequence of the fault of another. Please contact us if we can be of assistance.

Georgia workers compensation attorneys may be interested to learn that, of the 171 workers compensation deaths in Georgia in 2008, almost one-third (52) involved workers between the ages of 45-54. This statistical group was followed by 35 fatalities involving Georgia workers ages 35-44, and 30 deaths involving workers ages 25-34. Interestingly, older workers were just as susceptible to work related deaths in Georgia in 2008, as there were 35 deaths involving workers age 55 and older.

Another interesting data set released by the Department of Labor shows that of the 171 work deaths in Atlanta and throughout Georgia in 2008, 78 occurred in goods producing industries such as mining, construction, and manufacturing. Another 78 deaths occurred in service providing industries such as banking, leisure and hospitality, and the transportation. The remaining fatalities, 15, were related to government work activity, with 5 occurring at the federal level, and 10 at the local level.

This story inspired me to offer two lessons to our blog readers. The first lesson is, if you are ever involved in a work accident, be immediately skeptical of whatever advice your employer offers you. Too many times as a Georgia attorney have I seen my workers' compensation Clients misled by an employer whose primary concern is the impact that the work injury will have on its insurance premium. As we have posted in prior blogs entries, the victim of a work accident in Georgia in entitled to a number of benefits ranging from medical care to weekly indemnity checks. The workers compensation system in Georgia is very intricate, and an injured worker should seek the assistance of a qualified Georgia attorney before taking any advice from an employer.

The second lesson is that the workers compensation system is not always the only avenue of redress for an individual hurt in a work accident. It is true that Georgia law includes a statute that is commonly referred to as the 'exclusive remedy doctrine' which prohibits an injured worker from bringing a personal injury action against its employer. This statute does not, however, apply where a third party unrelated to the employer is at fault in causing the work accident. Under such circumstances, the injured worker may also have a personal injury case in addition to the workers compensation claim. Examples of this would be where a company driver is hurt in a car accident caused by another driver (car accident personal injury case), where a worker is hurt by a faulty machine (products liability claim), or where an injured worker slips and falls or is the victim of a violent crime while on a property not owned or leased by the employer (premises liability case).

In order for a victim of a work injury to properly assess any and all claims that are available under Georgia law, it would be advisable for the injured worker to seek guidance from a Georgia attorney. The Murray Law Firm has recovered millions of dollars for our workers compensation clients, and we would be pleased to answer any questions from potential Clients free of charge. The Murray Law Firm is based in Atlanta, and represents Clients throughout Georgia including Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Dalton, Rome, and Athens.