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Trucking Companies Subject to Stricter Penalties

Posted on April 26, 2009
Our Atlanta truck accident lawyers see many instances in which trucking companies simply ignore or pay little attention to safety rules and regulations designed to protect the motoring public. During the past 15 years, the three-strikes-you're-out rule has become a...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part XV

Posted on April 26, 2009
Rule No. 11 of 12: The successful cross-examiner has the ability to make what appears to be complex become simple. In order to adhere to this rule, experienced trial counsel knows that they must use language that layman can...

Injury Victims of Automobile & Truck Accidents and Abusive Bill Collection

Posted on April 25, 2009
As Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP representing victims of trucking accidents, automobile accidents, and workers compensation accidents we often see our clients who cannot work because of serious injuries, fall behind in paying their bills...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part XIV

Posted on April 25, 2009
Rule No. 10 of 12: The successful cross-examiner knows how to force an evasive witness to give a responsive answer. When a hostile or evasive witness refuses to answer a question, counsel must be firm and persistent in getting...

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Truck Accident Rates Tied To Driver Fatigue

Posted on April 24, 2009
Truck drivers operating on the roads of Georgia and across the nation are subject to hours of service restrictions. These restrict the number of hours a driver may operate a truck in a certain time frame. It has been shown...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part XIII

Posted on April 24, 2009
Rule No. 9 of 12: The successful cross-examiner has a good beginning and good ending to the cross-examination of the witness. If counsel is prepared through proper investigation and discovery, counsel can start off strong and end strong. A...

Bus Accidents Continue to Kill and Injure

Posted on April 23, 2009
Bus accidents were the subject of action taken by The National Transportation Safety Board this week. The NTSB is the federal agency charged with investigating major transportation accidents. On Tuesday, it strongly criticized regulators at the Department of Transportation for...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part XII

Posted on April 23, 2009
Rule No. 8 of 12: The successful cross-examiner listens carefully to what the witness says in response to his questions on cross-examination. As set forth above, counsel should know what a witness will say in response to each question...

Caps on Damages For Nursing Home Abuse - What Are They Thinking?

Posted on April 23, 2009
In addition to representing victims of trucking accidents and automobile accidents, the Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP also represent victims of nursing home abuse and nursing home neglect. including patients who have sustained decubitus ulcers (bed sores), falls...

Ambulance and Truck Collision Leads To Serious Injuries

Posted on April 22, 2009
As Georgia injury lawyers we handle all types of automobile accident and trucking accident cases involving serious injury and wrongful death. This week I read about an unusual collision in Carrollton involving an ambulance and a truck. According to the...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part XI

Posted on April 22, 2009
Rule No. 7 of 12: The successful cross-examiner listens to the witness?s direct testimony. When a witness is called by the other side to testify against one?s client, one must be very careful to listen to that witness. Even if...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part X

Posted on April 21, 2009
Rule No. 6 of 12: The successful cross-examiner stays calm and collected whatever happens. During the testimony of a witness, particularly where the witness is providing very damaging testimony, counsel cannot flinch or otherwise demonstrate through body language that his...

ATV ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH & SERIOUS INJURY

Posted on April 21, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers have written before that with the growing popularity of ATV?s or All-Terrain Vehicles, serious injury and death cases are on the increase in Georgia, especially among children. Yesterday, we read about a 12-year-old Alto, Georgia girl...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part IX

Posted on April 20, 2009
Rule No. 5 of 12: The successful cross-examiner never asks an open-ended question such as ?why? unless it does not care what the answer is. In discussing rule 4 above, we gave a good example of why you do...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part VIII

Posted on April 19, 2009
Unless counsel is fully prepared, has fully investigated the case and has conducted necessary discovery, this rule is difficult to follow. On the other hand, if counsel knows everything about the case then there is no reason why this...

Dangerous Magnetic Toy Manufacturer Fined

Posted on April 19, 2009
We have previously written about dangerous toys containing magnets which can be swallowed by small children. Last week, toy manufacturer Mega Brands America Inc. consented to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty for failing to promptly report promptly dangerous magnetic...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part VII

Posted on April 18, 2009
Rule No. 3 of 12: The successful cross-examiner avoids the appearance of pettiness, nit-picking or unfairness to the witness. Even though we practice in an adversarial system, there is no necessity to be adversarial with the cross-examination of each...

Raptiva Withdrawn From Market

Posted on April 17, 2009
Raptiva, a drug manufactured by Roche HoldingAG's Genentech Inc. and marketed for the treatment of psoriasis has been linked to a rare but often fatal brain disorder. As a result of these findings, Genentech has issued a voluntary recall of...

Physical & Sexual Abuse At Georgia Day Care Centers

Posted on April 17, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have represented, and continue to represent, victims of day care child abuse. The statistics on physical child abuse are alarming. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of children are physically abused...

GM Recalls Dangerous Cars

Posted on April 16, 2009
Many Georgia residents may be driving General Motors cars which have a dangerous propensity to ignite in flames. General Motors and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced yesterday that the possibility of engine fires has prompted General Motors to...

Defective Cardiac Defibrillator May Result in Death

Posted on April 16, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have represented many victims of defective products which have caused serious injury and sometimes death. Recently, there was a recall on a device meant to save lives, a defibrillator. Each year 250,000...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination Part VI

Posted on April 15, 2009
Rule No. 2 of 12: The successful cross-examiner always has a purpose for each question that is asked or not asked. When preparing a cross-examination of any particular witness, counsel has to consider what they want to say about...

Deadly Reverse Car Accidents

Posted on April 15, 2009
The news media in Georgia frequently reports on tragic accidents in which young children are killed by cars traveling in reverse. Many times these accidents occur when a parent is backing out of a driveway or garage. According to data...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part V

Posted on April 14, 2009
In our prior four (4) entries, concerning the art of cross-examination, we have discussed the objectives of cross-examination and have suggested that there are four (4) alternative purposes for successful cross-examination that should be considered by trial counsel...

Seat Belt Use Can Prevent Serious Injury and Death In Truck Accidents

Posted on April 14, 2009
The Georgia Injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have represented thousands of victims involved in automobile accidents and trucking/tractor trailer accidents. Regretfully many have resulted in serious, life changing injuries and some have resulted in death...

Car Accidents In Small Vehicle Increase Dangers

Posted on April 14, 2009
Our Georgia automobile accident attorneys often review crashes involving very small cars, sometimes referred to as ?micro cars.? We have frequently noticed that there seems to be a correlation between the severity of injuries suffered in car accidents and the...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination Part IV

Posted on April 13, 2009
In this our fourth entry, we discuss again the objectives of cross-examination. We have talked about obtaining evidence which is favorable to one?s case, impeaching or corroborating the testimony of another witness in the case and discrediting the testimony...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination - Part III

Posted on April 12, 2009
The third alternative objective of cross-examination is to discredit the testimony of the witness being called by your opponent. This can be done in several ways. The most traditional way is to impeach the witness by proof of conviction...

What Brain Injury Lawyers Need To Know About TBI And Depression

Posted on April 12, 2009
The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have represented many victims of traumatic brain injury resulting from serious automobile accidents, tractor trailer accidents, workers compensation accidents, ATV/All Terrain Vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents and premises liability accidents...

Trial Techniques - The Art of Cross-Examination Part II

Posted on April 11, 2009
In our first article on the art of cross-examination, we addressed the first objective of cross-examination, that being an effort to obtain evidence which is favorable to one?s case without attacking the witness. The second alternative purpose of cross-examination,...

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