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…
When a car accident case in Atlanta gets close to the trial date, your lawyers will be preparing a number of motions to limit the amount of surprises. A Motion is a document that lawyers file asking the Judge to take some particular action. In Georgia, Motions in Limine can…
High impact car accidents can cause a variety of traumatic injuries from compound leg fractures to simple concussions. Our injury lawyers spend a great deal of time discussing symptoms with our clients but one of the frustrating issues is that in order for a particular injury or disorder to be…
There is a common misconception in the public that if you are injured in a car accident in Georgia, your claim for pain and suffering is worth two times the medical bills or three times the medical bills. This is simply not true. It may be been in the early…
Atlanta Bicycle Accident Legal Issues You are riding your bike down the street when suddenly your wheel goes into the slats of a sewer grate that is aligned parallel to the flow of traffic, you fly over your handlebars and crash face first in the street.This is every rider’s nightmare…
Georgia Limited Liability Releases and General Releases As a general rule, when you are injured in a car accident in Georgia, the other driver’s insurance company will only pay for their client’s negligence when they are closing the case out. When the insurance company makes an offer to settle the…