In a recent Georgia Court of Appeals decision, Perkins v. The Val D’Aosta Co., Case No. A10A0413 (Ga. Ct. App., July 9, 2010), the Court held that where the injured person had walked across the allegedly hazardous curb several times prior to falling, typically a fatal “prior traverse”, they were…
As a Georgia injury lawyer with a statewide practice, I often handle cases involving issues for out of State clients. One of the Texas personal injury attorney that we work with, the Grossman Law Offices, PC, and I got to talking the other day about the Statute of Limitations and…
As a parent and lawyer with a child in the Atlanta City Public Schools, I am disgusted by the corrupt culture of shortcuts that keeps rearing its head in our city. After reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner a few years back, I remember thinking to…
Over the last two months, our firm has filed two wrongful death lawsuits and tractor trailer companies in Georgia and is preparing to file another in California with co-counsel. The idea of going into litigation and facing a jury is daunting for many prospective clients but you must understand that…
We have had a number of calls from people in Atlanta hurt in car accidents recently where they receive phone calls from runners after the crash. As we discussed previously “runners” are scumbags hired by some lawyers and chiropractors to drive business to their practices. They sometimes claim to be…
Over the last week I have had 4 people call the office complaining that their Atlanta lawyers won’t call them back. Furthermore, the injury lawyers have sent a letter to the client saying the office is sending a demand to the insurance company without running it by the client first.…
Several weeks ago you may recall I wrote a piece decrying the decision making on a number of cases involving Geico insurance. While I am outspoken when I see injustice, it is only fair to also recognize improvement. In the DUI case that I described, Geico went on to reverse…
Because we are known to handle a lot of slip and fall claims in the Atlanta area, we get frequent calls from people with fractured ankles, concussions and compression fractures.My clients are generally conservative Georgians who would not ordinarily think of filing a claim, much less calling a lawyer. Suddenly…
Georgia Semi truck crashes devastate families and yet year after year, some tractor trailer companies push their drivers well beyond their capacity as “big box” companies squeeze the drivers down to the penny on their margins. All of this downward price pressure creates a deadly combination of tired truck drivers…
If you read our Georgia Car Accident Guide book, you know that it does not make much sense to hire a Georgia injury lawyer for a case with $3,000.00 or less in medical bills. So lets assume that you followed the do it yourself guide in our book and now…