Pursuing the deceased's own injury claim in Georgia generally requires opening a probate estate, because only a recognized estate representative can bring that claim. A wrongful-death claim follows a different...
Injuries from a surging or compressed crowd at a Georgia festival are usually treated as a failure of crowd management, and responsibility tends to spread across the businesses that planned...
The check from the defendant's insurer is rarely the amount the injured person keeps. After a Georgia case settles, the gross proceeds move through a sequence of deductions, and what...
It depends entirely on what the fee agreement says, because Georgia does not impose a single method by statute. The two common approaches, figuring the fee on the gross recovery...
Whether a court must approve a child's injury settlement in Georgia depends on the size of the settlement. Smaller settlements can be handled by a parent without court involvement, while...
Under a standard contingency-fee arrangement, no attorney fee is owed if the case produces no recovery. The fee is contingent on success, so a loss, a defense verdict or a...
When two firms that are not part of the same practice work on one injury case, often through a referral or a co-counsel arrangement, they split a single attorney fee...
An unlawful move into or out of a Peach Pass high-occupancy toll lane can weigh heavily on who is found at fault for a resulting crash. Crossing the lane boundary...
Most Georgia personal-injury lawyers offer the initial consultation at no charge, but "free" is a business practice, not a legal guarantee. Whether a particular lawyer charges for the first meeting...
Responsibility for a fall on a wet concourse at a Georgia arena usually comes down to one question: did the venue know, or should it have known, about the spill...