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Personal Injury Law Meets Life

After someone else’s actions or decisions leave you physically injured, you may wonder what legal rights you have to recover damages. The person who can help you explore your legal options is known as a personal injury lawyer. Here are the services a personal injury lawyer typically performs for a client like you. Assesses Legal […]

People who drive while impaired by alcohol cause accidents. Nationwide, 28 percent of all accidents involve people impaired by alcohol, defined as having a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 or higher. In Georgia, the percentage is slightly higher, at 29 percent. Consumption of alcohol causes impaired judgment, slowed reflexes, and lack of concentration, all […]

If you have a neck injury and someone else caused it, you might need a personal injury lawyer. But you are not alone. Over three million people suffer neck injuries every year in the United States. In 2018, 570 individuals with spinal cord injuries were treated in Georgia hospitals. Car crashes (primarily rear-impact collisions) cause […]

Unintentional injuries are the third leading cause of death in the United States. These deaths cause significant emotional and financial suffering for those left behind, particularly when caused by someone else’s careless or reckless actions. A fatality caused by someone else’s negligent or intentional actions is known as wrongful death. Of course, all deaths feel wrong […]

You might never think about common trucks on the road unless you hear a country song extolling big rigs, like “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses” or “Roll On (18 Wheeler).” Even then, you may pay more attention to the melody than to the subject matter. But drivers of all vehicles would do well to […]

There were 1,540 deaths in Georgia caused by motor vehicle crashes in the last year for which statistics were available. According to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, 19,405 serious injuries resulted from those accidents as well. Traffic accidents, in other words, take an enormous physical, emotional, and financial toll on Georgians. If you’ve been […]

According to the National Safety Council, unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for people ages 1 to 44. These injuries can happen any time, any place. What’s even more disconcerting is the cause of these accidents. The National Safety Council reports between 97 and 99 percent of these injuries were due to human […]

Driver fatigue is so widespread across the country that experts recognize it as a public health problem. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls fatigue drowsy driving, but the condition covers both acute sleepiness and generally being worn down. When fatigue affects drivers, it’s almost always because they have not gotten enough sleep […]

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), over 4,000 fatal crashes involving large trucks occur across the United States each year. Additionally, more than 100,000 truck accidents result in injuries. When truck accidents occur, those in smaller vehicles often suffer severe injuries because of the massive size and weight of large trucks. Truck […]

Every year an average of six million car accidents take place in the United States, and each day 90 people die as a result of these accidents. An additional two million people suffer some form of a permanent injury related to a motor vehicle accident. Of the accidents resulting in fatalities, nearly one third are […]