Over the last six months I have noticed a continued trend towards offers coming in from front line insurance carriers like Geico and Progressive that are barely over the medical specials. For example: The above car crash resulted in $7,400 in emergency room, orthopedic and physical therapy bills along with…
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How Late is Too Late to Get Medical Care After a Car Accident in Georgia?
Last week set a new record for calls from the too little, too late prospective clients. Too little, too late callers and normal conservative folks who were hurt in car accidents in Atlanta but were not hurt badly. They typically have bad neck or back pain but act like the…
Can a Bar be Responsible When a Drunk Driver Kills Someone in a Car Accident
Two weeks ago a head on car accident on 400 was caused by a drunk driver headed the wrong way. She killed not only herself, but also the gentleman in the car she struck. Now, in a shining example of what is fundamentally wrong with our society, the passenger in…
Progressive Insurance Gets a Black Eye for Playing Hardball in Matt Fisher Uninsured Motorist Case
By now you may have heard of the Twitter assault launched by comedian Matt Fisher about Progressive Insurance’s behavior in his sister’s wrongful death civil suit. It has now made the front page of CNN. So what is the real deal with the case? Is Progressive defending his sister’s killer?…
Georgia Tractor Trailer Companies often Subject to Direct Action Suit
In an ongoing case with Atlanta tractor trailer accident attorneys of Christopher Simon Attorney at Law are tackling a common issue in trucking cases; can you sue the insurance company as a named defendant. In Georgia in normal car accident cases, you must sue the defendant driver but not their…
Atlanta Pedestrian Hit by a Car; Case is not What it Seems at First
We got a call from a Georgia State Student this week who was badly hurt when she was hit by a car while crossing Moreland Avenue. She sustained a broken pelvis, tore multiple knee ligaments and has been in a wheelchair for weeks. She apparently had called one of the…
Path to Tractor Trailer Tragedy is Paved with Poor Maintenence
I was at the beach last week when I read about 8 year old Cameron Mcilwain losing his life because of debris flying off of a poorly maintained tractor trailer. As a parent of two small children, I cannot imagine what demons his mother is tortured by now given the…
How Insurance Companies are Forcing injury Victims into the Hands of Attorneys
I have been in the insurance litigation business for 15 years now, 10 of which I spent litigating for and advising insurance companies in Atlanta, and car accident lawyers followed a simple rule then; investigate thoroughly and if the claim had merit offer a fair but discounted for present day…
Lake Lanier Boat Deaths; Attorney Deja Vu Unfortunately
The AJC is reporting that another boater has been involved in a DUI fatality on the Lake, this time taking the lives of two children, Jake and Griffin Prince. Except for the time of day, this case is all too similar to a case our firm is working from last…
Atlanta Wrongful Death Attorneys Struggle with Insurance Limits on Many Cases
There is some justice in the world, but often not enough. I cannot count the number of times I find myself having to tell clients that. In my darker moments, I will refer to my profession as being a merchant of tragedy and there are aspects of my job that…