Our practice is limited to civil litigation, dispute resolution and appeals, primarily in the areas of trucking liability, products liability, personal injury, wrongful death and insurance. Numerous of the cases we have handled have resulted in total recoveries in excess of one million dollars. Some examples of the types of case we handled successfully for our clients include:

• Numerous tractor-trailer crashes in which occupants of either another vehicle or the large truck itself were killed or seriously injured, just a few of which are mentioned below.   Mr. Shigley has served as chairman of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute.
• Bus accidents involving injuries to travelers, school children and others.
  
•  Products liability case against a major automobile manufacturer for ultimately fatal spinal cord injuries to a passenger due in part to a concealed design feature of the antilock braking system on a minivan that caused the ABS to shut off when the vehicle hit a bump or pothole with brake fluid slightly below the maximum fill line. There was a multiple seven-figure confidential settlement before trial.
• Wrongful death case in Alabama when interstate motor carrier truck, driven by a fatigued truck driver operating "bobtail" in heavy rain when he was over his legal hours of operation, hydroplaned, crashed and burned. That case is awaiting trial.
• Truck wreck personal injury case in which sleep deprived truck driver rear-ended a woman on her way to work on the expressway during the morning rush hour. A police officer described the accident scene as looking "like a war zone."
• Products liability case against the manufacturer of negligently designed and manufactured carpet mill machinery, in which a worker's hand was crushed between two rollers. After winning summary judgment we settled before trial for as much as we expected a jury would award.
• Products liability case against an automobile manufacturer for spinal cord and brain injury to a passenger due to defective design of the passenger restraint system and lack of structural integrity of the roof, resulting in a seven-figure confidential settlement.
• Truck wreck case in which truck driver who had driven all night collided 18-wheeler into a car driven by an Atlanta man on his way to work on I-85 in the early morning, causing a complex closed head injury.
• Products liability case against the manufacturer and installer of poultry processing equipment that was configured so that stresses on the conveyor line caused shackles, upon which chickens were hung, to shoot out as projectiles across the processing plant, striking and causing a severe neurological injury to a poultry inspector. On the eve of trial we settled for five times the highest jury verdict in the county where the case was filed.
• Premises liability case for a retired minister who tripped against a "big box" retailer that had recognized for at least 20 years that a feature in the fixtures it used in thousands of stores nationwide presented a tripping hazard. After "scorched earth" litigation in federal court,
• Products liability case involving a tire that delaminated, causing crash of a college cheerleader van, killing three and injuring ten. We represented the mother of one of the cheerleaders who was killed, and presented the damages case for twelve victims in a joint mediation with the tire manufacturer. We were able to allocate well over nine million dollars among the various victims.
• Successful appeal of a "trip & fall" premises liability case in which another lawyer had done inadequate discovery and lost a motion for summary judgment. After winning a reversal in the Georgia Court of Appeals, which extended the scope of potential liability for a "static defect," we were able to reopen discovery, take a few additional depositions, and secure a multiple six-figure settlement for the client's a broken arm.
• Premises liability case in which a toddler was able to enter a gated and locked condominium swimming pool and suffered brain injury in a near-drowning incident. We won and collected a seven-figure judgment even though the defense had sworn to never pay a penny.
• Products liability case involving a work stage attachment for a forklift truck, sold as "safety equipment," which became detached from the forklift in use and dumped a man out on his head. Our investigation revealed that the dealer had substituted a "knockoff" fabricated to look like the workstage shown in a brochure but with all moving parts changed, without telling the purchaser. We recovered policy limits of $1 million against the manufacturer in federal court in Florida, then came back to Atlanta and recovered a second million dollars from the equipment distributor by classifying the forklift as an office supply under the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act. This was the only known wrongful death case based upon an unfair or deceptive act under the Fair Business Practices Act.

If you have been injured in an accident caused by another's negligence, contact us today for a free consultation to discuss your legal rights.