Although every attorney must graduate from law school and pass the bar exam in order to practice law, not every attorney is qualified to handle medical malpractice cases. If you have been hurt as a result of medical negligence, you want an attorney who practices in this specialized area of law, and has earned a [...]
Photo Credit: ABC News On Friday, April 26, four tractor-trailers and 24 passenger cars were involved in a collision on I-70 in Lakewood, Colorado. The multi-vehicle collision left six injured, including a fire fighter, four people dead, and caused damage to the road and to the Denver West Parkway bridge. At this time, [...]
If another person’s negligence has left you seriously injured, no jury award can erase the trauma of the incident, remove the pain, or restore your mobility. Although juries and judges cannot undo the pain and suffering you have experienced, they do have the authority to award monetary damages when the defendant in your case is [...]
A personal injury award can be affected by many factors, and filing for bankruptcy is one of them. However, under Georgia law, there are exemptions available for clients who file for bankruptcy while their litigation is pending. Because of these exemptions, a personal injury client who files for bankruptcy may be able to keep some [...]
The American Academy of Neurology published a study on April 18, 2018 that evaluates the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study sample consisted of 325,870 patients served by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The timeframe covered by the study involved patients in the VHA [...]
When you visit a doctor or hospital in search of medical treatment, you do not expect the care you receive to make your situation worse. Unfortunately, this scenario occurs far too often. Patients contract infections in hospitals that can sometimes lead to extremely serious consequences, such as sepsis or septic shock, which often leads to [...]
There's nothing that we value more in our society than our children. Unfortunately, our children rely on us as well as others to make sure they're safe. If your child has been injured, it's important to contact an attorney that has experience in representing families involving childhood injuries. Some of these injuries can be [...]
After an accident has been reported to an insurance company, the adjuster will usually reach out and want to take a recorded statement. It's one thing to report an accident to an insurance company, which can be done shortly after the wreck, but before giving a recorded statement to an insurance company – talking [...]
When there's been an accident involving a tractor trailer or a heavy truck, there's often multiple theories of liability that can be pursued. The first is against the driver of the tractor trailer or truck, if they did something inappropriately. Perhaps they were driving carelessly or following too closely, or they were driving and [...]
Almost every automobile wreck that takes place on the road is caused by one of three things, and sometimes a combination of those three. The first is an inattentive driver. This occurs when someone crosses the center line, follows too closely, or was going too fast and causes a wreck. There're two other types of [...]
