On 11/11/05 in Gwinnett County, a Gainesville man was killed when a tractor-trailer ran a red light and struck his pickup truck.
Kevin Tanner, 32, died from his injuries at Gwinnett Medical Center about eleven hours after the tractor-trailer driver, Theodore Banks, 28, reportedly of Jonesboro, allegedly ran the red light and hit him.
Tanner, a native of Hall County, was the sole proprietor of D&D Electric. He is survived by his wife, Amy Cargile Tanner; son, Brandon; and daughter, Hailey.
See Gainesville Times 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).