March 30, 2020
FREE LIVE QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION WITH GEORGIA ATTORNEYS on Frequently Asked Questions About Bankruptcy & Property Foreclosure in Georgia WHEN: Thursday, April 2 at 5:00pm Eastern Time This event is moderated by Matt Wetherington. Attorneys Richard Alembik, Michael Rethinger, and Will Geer will answer your questions about the bankruptcy… Continue reading How the Corona Virus Affects Georgia Foreclosures & Bankruptcy
READ ARTICLEMarch 18, 2020
FREE LIVE QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION WITH GEORGIA ATTORNEYS Attorneys Matt Wetherington, Austin Bersinger, and Sheri Oluyemi answered your questions about the legal implications of Covid-19 / Corona Virus in Georgia This event has ended. TOPICS COVERED: Frequently asked questions by Georgia business owners dealing with COVID-19: Can an employer… Continue reading Legal Implication of COVID-19: How the Corona Virus Affects Georgia
READ ARTICLEMarch 9, 2020
Most People Never Recover a Fair Amount in Personal Injury Litigation by: Matt Wetherington Here is a dirty secret of the legal industry: despite nearly every attorney in the country (including me) promising “full compensation,” it rarely happens. The civil justice system exists to place injury victims in the same… Continue reading The Myth of Full Compensation in Personal Injury Cases
READ ARTICLEUnderstanding OCGA 40-6-48 OCGA 40-6-48 is a section of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated that governs lane usage and lane changes on roadways. This law requires drivers to stay within a single lane as much as possible and outlines the conditions under which lane changes can be made safely. … Continue reading Failure to Stay in Your Lane May Result in Civil Liability – OCGA 40-6-40, 40-6-46, 40-6-48
READ ARTICLEWelcome back to our ongoing blog series on negligence per se, and how this fascinating legal concept applies to Georgia’s rules of the road. Normally, when determining whether one person is civilly liable for the harm they’ve caused to another person, we have to use the somewhat subjective “reasonable person”… Continue reading Accessing a Closed Road Can Result in Civil Liability – OCGA 40-6-26
READ ARTICLELast week in our blog series on Georgia’s rules of the road and negligence per se, we discussed statutes 40-6-21 and 40-6-23, both of which deal with traffic signals and what they mean for drivers. We also mentioned what those motorist-oriented signals mean for pedestrians when there are no pedestrian… Continue reading The Meaning of Pedestrian Signals in Georgia – OCGA 40-6-22
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