The Georgia General Assembly has passed a bill that will modify a key portion of the Georgia Civil Practice Act governing certain demands in automobile collision cases, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1.
Georgia has experienced a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, reaching more than 30,560 confirmed cases and 1,305 deaths as of noon May 6, 2020. Even so, conflicting messages, as aptly reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, are still being sent. The fact that government officials have ...
It was a rough week for motorcyclists in Marietta during the third week of April 2020. Despite Georgia's COVID-19 lockdown, people are still going out and about on Marietta's streets and highways to run essential errands. Two motorcycle accidents there have left one man dead and another motorcycl...
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced it has awarded three construction contracts for projects in Cherokee, DeKalb, and Fulton counties. In total, the three projects will cost nearly $110 million dollars and will presumably employ hundreds of employees, which is good news as t...
There was a tragic outcome to a missing special-needs teenager who wandered away from his home while his mother took a shower. On Monday evening, April 6, 2020, a Loganville mother reported her 13-year-old son had disappeared from their home. Hours later he was struck by a van and killed while tr...
Imagine sitting at a stoplight in Atlanta and glancing in your rear-view mirror only to see that the driver behind you is not paying attention and is most certainly going to slam into the back of your car. You may even have a split-second to brace yourself before the impact, which is your body's ...
Being in a car accident can be scary and traumatic, and it could leave you with either minor or major injuries. And if you were the passenger in a car that was involved in an accident, you might think you have nowhere to turn to get compensation for your medical costs, lost wages as you take time...
Auto accidents happen all the time here in the greater Atlanta region. With all of our busy highways and roads, it is not uncommon to pass a wreck or two on your daily commute to and from work. But what happens when you are the one who is involved in a car accident? Not only may you have suffered...
If you have been hurt in an accident due to someone else's negligence, you may have a case for filing a personal injury claim to recover the medical costs you have had to cover and to compensate you for the pain and suffering you have endured. Whether you have been in a car accident, been bitten ...
Each year, hundreds of recalls are made that affect thousands of cars and trucks. Usually, it is because there is a defective part or accessory that has led to an issue that is dangerous for the driver and passengers as well as others on the road. When a car manufacturer initiates a recall, it i...
As the old idiom goes, “Accidents are bound to happen,” but this does not necessarily mean that when you are injured in an accident, there is no one to blame. If you have been hurt, whether you were in a car accident on Atlanta's roads or because you slipped and fell on a wet surface at a local b...
Georgia drivers may mutter or curse when they have to deal with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), but a recent contest put on by the agency shows that not only are some employees creative, they know how to bring out the creativity in others. Georgia DOT Asks for Contest Submission...
When most people think about speed limits, they think of driving too fast over the speed limit. You have certainly seen other drivers being pulled over by Atlanta police officers for speeding, or maybe you have even been guilty of the offense yourself. Speeding is dangerous and can lead to seriou...
Many newer cars on the roads throughout Georgia have safety features such as brake assistance, forward-collision warning, and blind-spot warning. But over the last several years, Georgia has seen a rise in pedestrian-related crashes, and oftentimes these accidents are fatal. In 2017, 260 pedestri...
There is good news when it comes to Americans and drunk driving. Since 2009, DUI arrests have fallen more than 35 percent. Thanks to education campaigns by organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving and state law enforcement agencies, it seems more people are getting the message that if you...
A horrific crash on a Pennsylvania turnpike in early January involved a tour bus, three semi-trucks, and a passenger car. Five people were killed, and 60 people were injured. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash, but meanwhile, this tragic accident serves as a reminder of...
You would have had to have been living under a rock to not know that the United States has been in the midst of a serious opioid epidemic for the last few decades. Perhaps you or someone you know and love has been a victim of opioid addiction and you know how devastating it can be. The bad news ...
Merely two years after being introduced to Atlanta streets, Lime scooter company is pulling all of its electronic scooters. A Lime company spokesperson said they were leaving Atlanta because of the city's high impound fees and a ban on operating the scooters at night. In a statement, the spokesp...
A recent tragic accident in Cobb County underscores the dangers of driving while drowsy. In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 5, 2020, a driver fell asleep while behind the wheel and crossed into the oncoming lane, colliding head-on with another vehicle and killing its driver. Cobb Coun...
Some Norcross, Georgia residents are off to a rough start in 2020. On Thursday, January 2, 2020, a semi-truck carrying large rolls of paper slammed into two cars stopped at a red light, sending the semi-truck and one of the cars into a QuikTrip parking lot. In total, ten cars were damaged in the ...
On September 14, 2015, a 20-year-old woman died in an automobile accident following a high-speed pursuit initiated by a deputy with the Oconee County, Georgia Sheriff's department. She was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with an 18-wheeler at an intersection during the pursuit. The woman's...
Last year, in Langley v. MP Spring Lakes, LLC ("Langley 1"), the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a provision in an apartment lease agreement that limited any claims brought by a tenant - even for injuries that were not connected with duties under the contract - were subject to a one-year statute ...
On October 10, 2019, Atlanta personal injury lawyer John Hadden, in conjunction with co-counsel Ken Connor, Caleb Connor, and Bret Moore, obtained a favorable opinion in the Georgia Court of Appeals for the family of a 71-year-old nursing home resident in south Georgia. The appeals court upheld t...
The 2019-2020 edition of Green's Georgia Law of Evidence, authored by Atlanta personal injury attorney John D. Hadden, has just been published by Thomson Reuters Westlaw, one of the world's leading legal publishers. This book, one of the oldest continuously-published legal treatises in Georgia...
Jay Ramos was seriously injured in a fall on ice at the high-traffic front entrance of an Atlanta-area QT store four days after a snow storm in the Atlanta area, after roads had cleared and businesses were operating nearly at normal capacity. He filed a personal injury lawsuit against the gas sta...
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