The Georgia Injury Attorneys at Montlick & Associates were contacted by a man who fell through the floor of a home.  After being invited to his neighbor’s house to view an area under construction, the client, while walking around the second story of the neighbor’s home, fell through the sub-floor and landed on a concrete surface below.

Everyday folks in Atlanta and throughout the State of Georgia load their children in the car, buckle them up in a child restraint system (car seat) or seat belt, and head out to conduct their daily affairs.  Most parents do not realize how much danger lurks for our children when we take such trips.

Unfortunately, 250,000 children a year are injured in auto accidents and over 2,000 suffer fatalities according to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA).  Car accidents are the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 2-14. Many of us assume that our children are safe because we faithfully use a child restraint system. Our sense of security is misplaced as one study shows that as many as 80% of child safety restraints are used incorrectly because of the lack of compatibility between child restraint systems and automobile seat belts.

While most people driving trucks are careful, safe drivers, the reality is that when a car collides with a large truck the injuries are likely to be severe.  Commercial trucks cause the death of thousands of people and injure hundreds of thousands more in the U.S. each year. The enormous size and weight of commercial trucks can approach as much as 80,000 pounds or more when fully loaded, so such accidents usually result in catastrophic injuries or fatalities.