One woman was killed and another seriously injured Thursday when a tractor-trailer plowed into a car that had broken down in Bartow County. The car was stalled in the emergency lane of northbound I-75 when a tractor-trailer bearing cargo veered into the lane, colliding with both cars. One woman was killed at the scene and another was airlifted to an Atlanta hospital. Possible charges against the truck driver are pending a state patrol reconstruction of the wreck. See article.

The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases statewide in Georgia, and in other states subject to the multijurisdictional practice and pro hac vice rules in each state. Ken Shigley was designated as a “SuperLawyer” in Atlanta Magazine and one of the “Legal Elite” in Georgia Trend Magazine. He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute and former chair of the Georgia Insurance Law Institute. He particularly focuses on cases arising from truck wrecks and accidents (tractor trailers truck wrecks, semi truck wrecks,18 wheeler truck wrecks, big rig truck wrecks, log truck wrecks, dump truck wrecks).