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Personal Injury Law Meets Life

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 […]

Nobody gets excited to drive in traffic. It makes most of us feel impatient even at the best of times. Some drivers may find themselves becoming aggravated in the event of less-than-ideal traffic conditions, and a small percentage of those allow their aggravation and impatience to mutate into something else entirely. Road rage is a […]

If you were injured in an accident with a drunk driver, you may already be aware that you could be eligible to seek compensation through either a claim with the drunk driver’s insurance company or through a personal injury lawsuit. The realization that the drunk driver has actually been convicted criminally of DUI is a […]

Summer is a time of sunshine and adventures with friends and family. However, it is also the time of year when the risk of a car accident increases for a number of reasons. Here is a look at five of those reasons. 1. The Newest Drivers Are Spending More Time on the Road In the […]

The Supreme Court of Georgia decides whether a landlord can be held liable for tenant’s dog attack when the landlord failed to repair a broken backyard gate. In Tyner v. Matta-Troncoso, S18G0364 (2019), a dog bite lawsuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia decided whether a landlord’s motion for summary judgment was erroneously reversed by the […]

Car accidents in Gwinnett County, Georgia, can result in serious injuries, including soft tissue injuries, broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, paralysis, and death. If you or someone you love has been involved in a car crash that was caused by a negligent driver, then you may be eligible to recover several different […]