If you have been injured in an 18-wheeler accident in Georgia, its important to hire an attorney because pursuing monetary damages against those responsible can be an outsized task.
Georgia Personal Injury Legal Resources
Why Hire an Atlanta 18-Wheeler Accident Lawyer For Your Injury?
Injured by a Tired Truck Driver Who Caused An Accident Due to Fatigue?
One of the biggest safety problems on our highways is fatigued truck drivers. Fatigue may cause semi truck drivers to lose their focus on the road or, even worse, to doze off behind the wheel.
Filing a Truck Accident Lawsuit or Injury Claim In Georgia
Georgia law pertaining to truck accidents allows plaintiffs to directly file injury claims against trucking insurance companies – either alone or in conjunction with claims against the driver and/ or trucking company.
How Much is a Paralysis Injury Claim Worth?
Georgia paraplegic claims and quadriplegic claims stem from spinal cord injuries caused by another’s negligence. In asking, “how much is my case worth?” plaintiffs must consider many factors.
Common Causes of Catastrophic Injuries
The cause of a catastrophic injury can have a substantial impact on whether as person can recover damages for those injuries. It’s important to identify all possible defendants when examining your legal options.
Common Types of Catastrophic Injuries Due to Negligence
With catastrophic injuries due to negligence, the consequences are profound and long-lasting, resulting in permanent mental and physical injuries that greatly diminish the victim’s quality of life.
Filing an Injury Claim for Benefits With Your Healthcare Insurer
Many victims of automobile or trucking collisions and end up going to the hospital emergency room for their injuries. Usually, once hospitals learn you were in a collision, they don’t file the claim with your health insurer.
What is Pain and Suffering and How Is Compensation Value Calculated?
Pain and suffering is the term that is used to describe the array of intangible, noneconomic injuries that a person may suffer in an accident, including injuries such as psychological harm, physical pain, and physical suffering.
To Litigate or to Settle? That is the Question!
Litigation is an action brought in court to enforce a particular right — the act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. Learn if you should litigate your case or settle with this resource.
Your Guide to Suing For Wrongful Death In Georgia Civil Courts
Suing for wrongful death won’t change your loss, but can save you from financial ruin. It’s also a means holding responsible parties accountable for careless, reckless or intentional actions that resulted in a death.
Importance of Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Georgia
In Georgia, to protect other drivers in a wreck caused by an insured driver, all automobile drivers are required to purchase and maintain a minimum of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident in liability coverage.
Understanding Negligence Per Se in Georgia Personal Injury Cases
The concept of Negligence Per Se leverages a criminal violation of law to demonstrate a defendant acted negligently in a civil lawsuit — there are several ways Negligence Per Se can be applied to an incident.
Understanding Georgia’s Modified Comparative Fault Rules in Civil Lawsuits
Georgia’s Modified Comparative Fault rules strive to insure that those responsible for the cause of an injury should pay their fair share – proven via multiple elements of their case, such as Causation and Damages.
Understanding Proximate Cause in Negligence & Personal Injury
In the State of Georgia, in order for plaintiffs to prevail in civil personal injury claims, they must prove the defendant legally caused the plaintiff’s injuries and are liable for damages — proving legal causation can be difficult.
Understanding Foreseeability in Negligence & Premises Liability
In the State of Georgia, businesses and property owners have a duty to safeguard their guests against all types of safety hazard — key to proving these cases is establishing something called reasonable foreseeability.
Examples of Negligent Security that Lead to Serious Injury
Negligent security cases occur when a property owner fails in their legal duty to protect guests or residents from a violent, criminal act that was reasonably foreseeable — contact us to discuss your case.
Can you Sue for Physical Assault in the Workplace in Georgia?
Most Georgia personal injury cases involve businesses or individuals who hurt someone through their failure to use reasonable care when they had a legal responsibility to do so. But what if someone intentionally harms you?
Georgia Premises Liability Claims for Window Fall Injuries
Injury or death due to falls from windows can be the basis for a Georgia premises liability lawsuit – an area of law with which Apolinsky & Associates, LLC, Atlanta injury attorneys, have extensive experience representing clients.