There are generally two parts to an insurance claim that results from a car accident that is not your fault: 1. the property damage claim or the claim that deals with repairing the vehicle; and, 2. the bodily injury claim or the claim that deals with compensating you for your medical bills and pain and…
Continue reading ›If you are injured in a car accident in Atlanta while you are driving within the scope of your employment, you may be able to make both a workers’ compensation claim and a third-party personal injury claim against the at-fault driver under Georgia law. For example, let’s say you are driving a company car when…
Continue reading ›The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent recall of millions of vehicles manufactured by Honda, Toyota, GM, Nissan, Mazda, and BMW for problems with exploding airbags in automobiles. This recall comes after years of issues with airbags manufactured by a company known as Takata. The NHTSA encourages consumers who own the…
Continue reading ›Disabled vehicles or vehicles that are on the shoulder of the road can often cause accidents in Georgia. The requirements for making a claim for personal injuries sustained from these types of accidents are the same as any negligence claim. The issues are whether the at-fault driver had a duty of care, whether the at-fault…
Continue reading ›Under Georgia law, recovering compensation for injuries sustained in an automobile accident requires the claimant or plaintiff to prove the liability of the other driver. The elements that a personal injury plaintiff must prove in order to recover compensation include duty, negligence, causation, and damages. What that means is that the plaintiff has to show…
Continue reading ›Teenage drivers have a higher risk of getting into fatal motor vehicle accidents than most drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has data that shows in 2011, that teenagers ages 14 to 18 represented 20% of those who died in a car accident while driving with an invalid license and that speeding was a…
Continue reading ›If you are injured in a car accident, determining what caused the accident is a key element in making a claim for compensation for your injuries. Examining the surrounding circumstances, including whether the other driver was talking on his/her cell phone or sending text messages while driving could add significant value to your case. Texting…
Continue reading ›Riding a motorcycle in Atlanta is dangerous and often results in serious injuries or death when other cars and trucks on the road fail to keep a proper lookout for the safety of motorcyclists. In fact, statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal that 15% of fatalities from vehicular accidents in 2012 were…
Continue reading ›If you are severely injured on someone else’s property because of a dangerous condition that should not be there, you’re probably not thinking about what you need to be doing to preserve a legal claim. Nonetheless, there are certain steps that you can take that will help strengthen or preserve your potential legal claim based…
Continue reading ›Bicyclists are considered motorists like any driver of a car, truck, or bus and are owed a duty of care from other drivers to ensure their safety. As one could imagine, where a bicyclist is hit by a car, severe injuries, broken bones, fractures, brain injuries, and death often occur. According to the National Highway…
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