Uninsured Driver Hit by Insured Driver
If you were injured in a car wreck in Georgia that wasn’t your fault but were driving without insurance, can you file a lawsuit and recover money for your injuries?
Not having an active insurance policy with the minimum liability coverage can result in penalties to the uninsured driver. However, if an uninsured driver...
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Why You Should Hire an Experienced Personal Injury Lawyer to Handle Your Injury Case
Most people wouldn’t let a proctologist handle their brain surgery. Instead, they would probably want a brain surgeon with lots of experience doing … well … doing their brain surgery. So why do people who have been injured in an accident let a lawyer handle their injury case whose practice and experience doesn’t focus...
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Car Accident While Social Distancing? Be Prepared and Know What to Do
A car accident is stressful at any time, but being in a car accident while social distancing adds a whole other level of concern. Our roads are less congested right now, and most people are sheltering at home, but we still must venture out for essential items, such as food, prescriptions, etc. Although traffic...
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Hurt in a Car Wreck by an Uninsured Driver
Anyone in an auto accident, especially one caused by an uninsured driver, knows how difficult it can be to recover for injuries and property damage. Car wrecks involving an uninsured, at-fault driver may give the insurance adjuster an excuse to try to deny your claim. An experienced car wreck attorney who understands how to...
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Car Accident Witnesses and Why They Are Important to Your Injury Case
When a car accident involves two or more vehicles and the only witnesses are the people involved in the accident, then it can sometimes be difficult to determine who was at fault. Having an unbiased, “third-party” witness, someone who saw the accident happen but who wasn’t involved in the accident, can be crucial to...
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High-Speed Police Chase
What happens if you are injured in Georgia from a high-speed police chase? Can you sue law enforcement for your injuries?
Can you Sue Law Enforcement
Law enforcement in Georgia is protected by what is known as qualified immunity. This sometimes makes it difficult but not impossible to sue.
Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine that protects...
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How to Get Car Accident Reports in Georgia
As a car accident attorney handling auto accident and other personal injury cases in Macon and across the state of Georgia, I regularly talk to people who have been in a car wreck and need help. One of the first things I tell them is to get a copy of the police...
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Late Appearing Car Accident Injuries
Any car accident, even a minor one, can cause injury. Some people realize immediately after an auto accident that they’ve been injured. Others walk away thinking they’ve avoided injury, only to realize hours or even days later that they are experiencing pain and are not okay.
Sometimes,...
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What To Do If You Are The Passenger In a Car Accident In Georgia
Just because you are the passenger in a car that causes an auto accident doesn't mean you can't recover for your injuries. After all, you are merely a passenger, so the accident typically isn't your fault. It also doesn't mean you can only receive compensation if you sue the driver of the...
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Pedestrian Fatality Rates Increase: Macon’s Latest Victim, an Elderly Man Taking Out the Trash
On July 18th, an elderly man took out the trash, which was seemingly a harmless task and one that he probably engaged on a regular weekly basis. But on this day, he took the trash out for the last time. The man lived on the 3800 block of Avera Road, which has...
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