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Georgia Truck Accident Attorneys

Georgia truck accidents may be governed by Georgia or federal law, depending on whether the truck was involved in intrastate or interstate transport. Listed below are some Georgia laws that affect truck accidents. For a more comprehensive list of truck laws, click here.


Large trucking companies and their insurance companies work quickly to protect themselves when one of their trucks is involved in an accident, often sending investigators directly to the scene.

To protect your rights, it’s imperative to have knowledgeable legal council to begin investigating immediately, preserve evidence, and help you get the best possible result in pursuing your claim against the trucking company. E.J. Leizerman & Associates is a law firm that accepts semi truck accident cases across the country. In Georgia, we work with Taylor, Callier, Morgan & Harp. J. Anderson Harp’s many professional accomplishments, associations, and memberships include:


Member: State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1986-1996); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.


Biography: Dean's List, 1980. Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient, Marine Corps Reserve Officer's Association's Non-Sibi, Sed Patriae (not for self, but for country) Award, 1999-2000. Author: "Thermography... Its Admission and Use at Trial," Georgia Trial Lawyers Seminar, 1984; "The Legal Responsibility of Those Who Serve Alcohol," Georgia Trial Lawyers Seminar, 1988; "Alcohol: A Major Cause of Traumatic Brain Injured: N.C. Head Injury Newsletter, 1989; "Insurance Coverage Concerns for the Traumatic Brain Injured," N.C. Head Injury Newsletter, 1989. Co-Author: "Catastrophic Injury Cases: The Relationship of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury," Trial Diplomacy Journal, September, 1989. "Alcohol: A Major Cause of Spinal Cord Injury", SCI Life, Winter, 1991; "Litigating Traumatic Seizure Disorder Cases," National Trial Lawyer, May 1991. "Litigating Head Trauma Cases," Wiley Law Publications, 1991. "The Paralyzed Patient's Overlooked Mild or Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury," Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Summer, 1995; "Methylprednisolone and the Legal Standard of Care," Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Winter, 1996. Lecturer: "The History of Spinal Cord Injury," Boston, 1989; "The Overlap of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury," Boston, 1989; "How to Present Medical Damages at the Spinal Cord Injured's Trial," Boston, 1989; Co-Chair, NSCIA's Trial Lawyers Seminar: "The Spinal Cord Injury Case," Boston, 1989, New Orleans, 1992. "How to Present Medical Damages at Trial," Secrets of the Tort Masters, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Panama City, Florida, 1990; Co-Chair, "The Spinal Cord Injury Case", and "Demonstrative Evidence" San Diego, California, 1991; "The Patient-Physician Relationship: Is the Right to Confidentiality Breached by the Adversarial Ex Parte Interview?"; Vol. 6, Number 4, Pg. 6, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Thomas Land Publication, Spring 2001. Vice-President, Executive Committee Member and Board Member, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, 1989-1995. Editorial Board, IATROGENICS, Yale School of Medicine and International Society for Prevention of Iatrogenic Complications, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991-1992; Overlapping Legal and Medical Issues, Issue Editor, Vol. 6 Number 4, Spring 2001, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury, Rehabilitation, Thomas Land Publication, St. Louis, Mo.; The Neurolaw Letter, HDI Publishers, Houston, Texas. Former Adjunct Instructor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine. National President, Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association, 1999. President, Mercer University Law School Alumni Association. Designate Counsel, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Member, American Rail Labor Academy. (Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy)


Other members of the firm also have experience successfully handling catastrophic semi truck accidents.
E.J. Leizerman & Associates and Taylor, Callier, Morgan & Harp are familiar with exceptions to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (title 49, Parts 350-399) that affect trucks operating only in Georgia, as there are some situations where a tractor-trailer or other commercial motor vehicles are involved in only intrastate travel. For example, an appliance store in Athens may only a truck that only makes in-state deliveries.
If you have been involved in a truck accident in Georgia, you should familiarize yourself with exceptions to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (title 49, Parts 350-399) that effect trucks operating only in Georgia, for example:

Driver Qualifications:

Georgia has adopted Part 391 of the Federal Regulations with an alteration to the age requirement. Drivers employed by motor carriers in Georgia must be at least 18 for an instructional permit or license to operate a commercial vehicle in the State of Georgia only. For a commercial driver’s license to cross state line, the required age is 21.

Crash reports are available from:

Department of Motor Vehicle Safety
Accident Reporting Division
P.O. Box 80447
Conyers, GA 30013
(678) 413-8580


If you have been involved in a truck accident in Georgia, contact one of our Georgia lawyers or attorneys to help you with more information or to answer any questions you have.

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