How Search Engine Optimization and Law Firm Branding can Transform Your Practice By: Matt Wetherington & Darren Tobin 2021 NOTE: This article was originally written in 2014. Surprisingly, not much has changed with the core concepts and it remains solid advice for any lawyer getting started with their practice. As… Continue reading Personal Injury Lawyer Practice Tips: Guide to Online Marketing for Georgia Attorneys
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Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Crossing Outside of Crosswalks O.C.G.A 40-6-92
JAYWALKING IS NOT ILLEGAL IN GEORGIA Hello, and welcome back to our ongoing series on Georgia’s rules of the road, and how they can help establish civil liability through a concept called negligence per se. Simply put, negligence per se is negligence born of rule-breaking. If someone doesn’t… Continue reading Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Crossing Outside of Crosswalks O.C.G.A 40-6-92
READ ARTICLEAugust 25, 2021
Georgia Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument of Booting Class Actions
Booting requires the owner of the vehicle to pay to have the immobilization device removed. Common law is the body of law derived from judicial decisions rather than from statutes. The class action suit was filed in Clayton County State Court in 2018 by Forrest Allen, a private citizen, on behalf of himself and others who had their cars booted at the shopping center.
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Approaching and Entering Intersections and Roads under OCGA 40-6-70
Determining The Right-of Way in Georgia’s Have you ever done the right-of way dance? Most of us have. It happens when we come to an intersection, especially an uncontrolled intersection, where not everyone is certain of the rules. You move forward, then brake because the other driver moved at the… Continue reading Approaching and Entering Intersections and Roads under OCGA 40-6-70
READ ARTICLEAugust 16, 2021
The Van Halen of Tires?
What can Van Halen teach us about dangerous and defective tires? A lot, actually.
READ ARTICLEAugust 11, 2021
How to Identify a Defective Tire Case in Georgia and Key First Steps
10 Practice Tips For Products Liability Claims Involving Tires By: Matt Wetherington and Jeb Butler He is driving. There need not be—and probably will not be—any remarkable details. There are no drunk drivers, no excessive speeds, no adverse weather conditions, no unmarked curves, no fatigued truckers, and no unusual steering… Continue reading How to Identify a Defective Tire Case in Georgia and Key First Steps
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