The hazard existing is not enough Premises cases turn on notice. It is not sufficient to show a spill was on the floor and you fell. The claim generally requires showing the property owner created the hazard, knew about it, or should have known because it had been there long enough that...
Electrocution cases usually involve more than one company A worker injured by electrical contact on a site is rarely dealing with a single responsible party. There is the property owner, the general contractor, the electrical subcontractor, sometimes a utility, and sometimes an equipment...
Why Venue Matters in a Georgia Injury Case The same facts are worth different amounts in different counties Lawyers and insurance carriers both know that jury pools vary. Verdict history in one metro Atlanta county can differ substantially from a neighboring one on materially identical facts, and...
Georgia Dog Bite Law and the First Bite Question Georgia is not a strict liability state for dog bites Some states hold an owner responsible for a bite regardless of the animal's history. Georgia does not work that way. A claim generally turns on whether the owner knew or should have known the...
Georgia Allows Two Separate Wrongful Death Claims The structure surprises most families Georgia splits a death claim into two separate causes of action. One recovers the full value of the life of the deceased, measured from the perspective of the person who died rather than the economic loss to...
How To Read a Law Firm Results Page Honestly A list of numbers is not evidence on its own Every injury firm publishes results and they all look impressive in isolation. Reading one usefully means asking what each number is being compared against, because a settlement figure alone tells you almost...
Georgia Allows Two Separate Wrongful Death Claims The structure surprises most families Georgia splits a death claim into two separate causes of action. One recovers the full value of the life of the deceased, measured from the perspective of the person who died rather than the economic loss to...