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Auto Accident While Pregnant

As a parent, you do everything you can to protect your children. While you’re pregnant, you do everything you can to protect your unborn child. There’s always a risk of injury to an unborn child, but when that injury or death is the fault of someone else, the parent may be able to recover damages as a result. Auto accidents,

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Who is at Fault in a Rear End Collision in Georgia?

One of my clients (lets call him Rob) came to see me after he was rear-ended in downtown Macon while on his way home from work. Thankfully, he was not too seriously injured, and it looks like he will fully recover. While discussing the details of the accident with Rob, he told me something that I’ve heard quite a few

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Airbag Recall – Failure to Deploy

Airbags save lives by protecting vehicle occupants during an auto accident. They reduce the likelihood of death or severity of injury by protecting the head, neck and chest from hitting hard surfaces during an auto or truck wreck. Airbags are designed to deploy under certain crash circumstances, taking into account a vehicle’s speed, the placement of the crash (side, front

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Pedestrian Traffic Accidents

Ten pedestrians were struck and killed by cars in Macon-Bibb County in 2013. Tragically, Macon has seen several pedestrian accidents already this year, including a hit-and-run that killed a man this past weekend. In response to pedestrian related accidents in Macon, city officials have formed a Pedestrian Fatality Review Board. The board is tasked with reviewing pedestrian accidents to determine why

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How Boating Accidents are Treated in Personal Injury Cases

Boating accidents in Georgia are treated the same as any personal injury case: Someone is injured because of the negligence of someone else and seeks to recover damages as a result of that negligence. The harder part of a boating accident is proving who’s at fault. The negligent operator is an obvious possibility. But in Georgia, the owner of the

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What To Do If Are In A Bike Accident

Riding a bicycle alongside cars can be intimidating.   There’s always the fear that a vehicle won’t see you, or it might pass too closely and cause an accident. Accidents involving a bike and motor vehicle are not only frightening; they can cause serious injury or even death. Bicycles in Georgia are considered vehicles and subject to the same road rules

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Are you the Victim of Road Rage?

Road rage is a threat to the safety of drivers throughout Georgia and all across the United States. Road rage, sometimes called aggressive driving, occurs when someone exhibits angry or violent behavior while driving a motor vehicle. It’s different from getting mad at the actions of another driver, shaking it off and moving on. Instead, a driver exhibiting road rage

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How to Avoid an Accident with a Tractor-Trailer

The recent tragic deaths of five Georgia Southern nursing students have brought to the forefront trucking safety in the state of Georgia. Commercial trucks are only involved in 2.4% of all car accidents, but this accounts for about 500,000 accidents per year.   When a fully loaded tractor-trailer weighing about 80,000 pounds crashes into a 2-ton motor vehicle, it’s almost impossible

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