The Missouri legislature passed a groundbreaking law that goes a long way towards increasing student protection from sexual predators but contains one section that will ban teachers and students from communications on Facebook through private accounts. Under Section162.069: “By January 1, 2010… Teachers cannot establish, maintain, or use a work-related…
Our firm has handled numerous lawsuits against bar owners who have overserved drunk customers knowing the customer would likely soon be driving. This month, the Georgia Supreme Court rendered a positive ruling for the victims of these crimes. When people are injured by drunk drivers in Georgia, the biggest challenge…
Many people who have been injured in car accidents in Georgia or on someone else’s premises find themselves approached by the other person’s insurance company and asked for a statement. Usually, this happens when an insurance adjustor contacts the victim and says that the company needs to have a recorded…
If you have medical care paid for by a health insurance company after a car accident in Atlanta or anywhere in Georgia, you are likely to get a letter from ACS or Healthcare Recoveries asking that you reimburse the company if you get any settlement money. Like most of my…
Our Atlanta tractor trailer attorneys are representing an Atlanta HERO truck driver who was recently struck on I-85 by a careless semi driver and I write this to point out the wisdom of hiring a lawyer early int he process. This accident was well covered by the local media and…
On Friday, Georgia’s new bicycle safety law, which requires cars to give three feet of space when passing bikes, went into effect. With this new law hopefully driver’s awareness and respect for bike riders will increase, leading to fewer crashes. HB 101 was announced across the state by a number…
We received more than 10 phone calls last week from consumers with car accident injury cases in Georgia who all said “my lawyer won’t call me back and I don’t know what is going on with my case.” Sadly this is a common problem in Atlanta. In this article, we…
“Help, the insurance company is telling me that we have to file with the probate court to approve a settlement and that I as the parent don’t get any of the money as a result of my child’s injury!” Unfortunately for cases where the gross amount of the settlement is…
In a tragic turn of events, two women who were horsing around at the W Hotel in Midtown Atlanta fell through the window and down 5 stories to a slanted glass sunroof. One of the women died there and the other rolled off and fell another few stories to the…
Many consumers call our firm asking a fundamental question; the insurance adjuster called and offered me x to settle my case, is that fair? We find that fairness really is the issue for most people. After a car accident in Georgia, they do not want to take advantage of the…