A passenger rarely causes a crash, but Georgia law does not give passengers automatic immunity from blame. In unusual situations a passenger's own conduct can contribute to an accident or...
Yes. A Georgia lawyer's fee, including a contingency fee in an injury case, must be reasonable, and a court that finds a fee excessive can decline to enforce it as...
Living in another state does not close the Georgia courthouse door to someone injured here. A claim arising from a Georgia crash or a fall on Georgia property generally belongs...
Lost-wage recovery is available to undocumented workers injured in Georgia, though the way those losses are calculated can become a point of dispute. An injured person's immigration status does not...
A chain-reaction wreck on the busy I-285 Perimeter can involve many vehicles, and Georgia does not assign blame to all of them equally. Fault is sorted driver by driver based...
A standing passenger thrown to the floor by an abrupt bus stop may have a claim, but recovery is not automatic. The key question is whether the stop was unnecessary...
When several people are hurt in a single Georgia crash but the at-fault driver carries only one liability policy, the available money can fall short of everyone's losses. How that...
Multiple people hurt in one Georgia collision can often pursue their claims in a single lawsuit, but doing so is a procedural choice rather than a requirement. Joining together can...
Several things can pull a claim's value down even when an injury is real. Shared fault, gaps in treatment, weak documentation, credibility problems, and limited insurance each chip away at...
When ice triggers a multi-vehicle pileup in the North Georgia mountains, fault is not assigned to the weather; it is divided among the drivers based on how each one handled...