Excess Verdict Against State Farm Note: This article originally appeared on law.com. Following a day-and-a-half trial, a Fulton County Georgia jury delivered a post-apportionment award of $2.8 million, but deemed the plaintiff 25 percent liable for his injuries. A Jane Doe defendant was cleared of liability. The plaintiff was injured… Continue reading $2.8 Million Excess Verdict for Broken Ankle in Atlanta
READ ARTICLERules of the Road for Horses The road can be a dangerous place, and using it carries certain responsibilities. When someone gets hurt in the course of getting from point A to point B, one of the first questions that comes up is whether that someone — or someone else… Continue reading Proving Negligence After a Car Wreck in Georgia: People Riding Horses and Other Animals Must Follow the Rules of the Road
READ ARTICLEMost 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
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Understanding 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
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Welcome 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
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What Constitutes Running a Red Light? Last week in our blog series on Georgia road statutes and negligence per se, we discussed statute 4-6-26, regarding illegally accessing closed roads. This week we’ll be discussing another scenario where drivers push past traffic control devices and put others at risk: running a… Continue reading Proving Negligence After a Car Wreck in Georgia: All Drivers Must Obey Traffic Lights
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