Injuries happen every day but when they occur due to someone else’s actions they are especially distressing. Georgia’s tort law offers redress to victims of preventable injuries through a Georgia personal injury claim. A successful personal injury claim helps victims to recover their financial losses plus compensation for their pain and suffering—known as “damages” in…
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…
