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Lead Story · OCT 13

Catastrophic Injury Cases throughout North Georgia: What Gets Counted

In a catastrophic injury case, acute care is a fraction of the real cost. The number that matters is what the next several decades cost: surgical revisions, daily care, equipment that wears out and gets replaced, home and vehicle modification, medication, and the earnings that will never happen. No lawyer should be guessing at that number. A life care planner builds it with the doctors who are actually treating you, and an economist converts it into today's dollars.

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Analysis · OCT 13

Animal Attack Claims in Georgia: The First Bite Question

When a dog attack leaves someone hurt in Atlanta, the legal standard surprises most people. In some places an owner is liable automatically. Georgia does not work that way. Usually it comes down to whether the owner had reason to know the dog was vicious, or whether a leash law was being broken at the time. The knowledge route is hard to prove. Owners rarely volunteer that a dog has snapped before, and witnesses on the same street tend to stay quiet. Local ordinanc

Dispatch · OCT 13

Premises Liability Cases across Atlanta: Why Notice Decides It

When you are injured on someone else's property around Atlanta, the case turns on something most people do not expect. Proving the hazard existed is only the start. The rule in Georgia is that the business knew or should have known, caused it themselves, or should have found it through reasonable inspection. Which is why the first days matter so much. Store video is often overwritten within days, and without it you cannot establish how long the condition existed. T

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Fulton County Truck Accident Cases: Why They Are Different

A truck crash is not the same as a car crash. A fully loaded truck can outweigh your car many times over, and the injuries are usually far worse. The difference starts in the first hours. The trucking company often sends its own people to the scene within hours, while you are still in the emergency room. They start protecting the company immediately. Responsibility can reach past the driver. The carrier, a maintenance provider, a broker, or the company that loaded the

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