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 [...]
Most importantly, if you're involved in a car accident, make sure everyone in your vehicle is safe. Once you've attended to everyone in your vehicle, you want to check on the passengers or drivers for any other cars that are involved. Once you have assessed that situation, it's always appropriate to notify the authorities, even [...]
In Georgia where Harris Lowry Manton is located, there are two primary types of insurance coverage that are involved in most automobile wrecks: personal injury coverage and property damage coverage. In personal injury coverage, the person who is injured has to prove that someone else caused the wreck. So at beginning of the process, [...]
PHOTO: ABC - A file image of a Ride the Ducks Branson boat, from the company's website. A duck boat filled with tourists near Branson, Missouri capsized and sank on July 19th, killing 17 people, including several young children. ABCNews.com reports that there were 31 people on board when the boat sank in [...]
