If you’ve been looking for a personal injury lawyer, you’ve probably seen ads promising a 25% contingency fee. It sounds simple and appealing. You assume you keep more of your settlement. Sometimes that is true, but not always. When you hire an attorney, you are paying for their experience and…
If you’re injured in an Uber accident in Georgia, you would likely sue the at-fault driver, not Uber directly. However, if the driver was en route to a fare or had a passenger in the car at the time, Uber’s insurance policy likely provides coverage, rather than the driver’s insurance. …
Under Georgia’s modified comparative negligence rule, an injured person can still recover compensation even if they’re partially at fault for the incident that injured them. However, they must be less than 50 percent at fault. If so, their compensation gets reduced in proportion to their percentage of fault. If the…
Georgia’s State Board of Workers’ Compensation outlines employer responsibility following a workplace accident. An employer has a key role to play after a workplace accident and throughout an employee’s recovery process, encompassing proper reporting and ensuring the worker receives medical treatment. An employer’s responsibility begins with understanding its obligations under…
In Georgia, negligence per se is a legal doctrine that establishes negligence automatically when the at-fault party violates a law or regulation designed to protect public safety. Negligence per se can make it easier for the injured party to prove a claim and recover compensation. Understanding how negligence per se…