Unlike the handful of no-fault insurance states like Florida—Georgia’s neighbor to the south—in Georgia, it matters who causes a car accident. Georgia’s insurance laws operate on a fault-based system that requires proving liability in an accident and recovering compensation from the liable party’s insurance policy. This sounds like a straightforward process, but car accident causes…
Rear-end collisions—or tailgate accidents—are among the most common accident types in the United States, resulting in around 3,600 deaths per year and many thousands of injuries. Whiplash is a painful injury often resulting from rear-end collisions. Whiplash causes temporary disability in many accident victims due to damage from the rapid back and forth, whiplike motion…
When the very person we turn to for help when we’re injured or ill causes us greater harm, it’s an especially traumatic and frustrating experience. If a doctor or healthcare provider causes injury to a patient due to an act of negligence or omission, the patient shouldn’t be left responsible for the undue financial burden…
