Georgia · Auto accident law
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Mediation and arbitration are two different things. In mediation, a neutral helps the parties negotiate, and nothing is decided unless both sides agree. In arbitration, a neutral decides the dispute,...
Read the full guideWhen a child is hurt in a Georgia crash, two claims arise: the child's own claim for the injury, whose two-year filing period does not start…
In Georgia, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage are one coverage under one statute, O.C.G.A. § 33-7-11. Your own insurer pays what an at-fault driver with no…
No statute sets how long a Georgia car accident case takes, and no honest figure fits every case. What can be said is which steps add…
Georgia has no formula and no general cap for pain and suffering in a car accident case. The jury sets the amount; O.C.G.A. § 9-10-184(b), as…
When a crash kills someone in Georgia, two kinds of claims arise. The family's wrongful death claim belongs first to the surviving spouse, then the children,…
Accident reconstruction uses the physical evidence of a crash (vehicle damage, final positions, road marks, debris, vehicle data, and video) to work out speeds, positions, timing,…
A Georgia car accident settlement is a contract: an offer, an acceptance of its terms, and a release in exchange for payment. For an injury claim…
A letter of protection is an arrangement under which a doctor or other provider treats an injured person now and is paid later from a settlement…
A pedestrian hit by a car in Georgia has the same negligence claim as anyone else, with rules of the road on both sides. Drivers must…
What a driver says at a Georgia crash scene can be used against that driver later. Under the Georgia Evidence Code, a party's own statement offered…
When several policies could pay for one Georgia crash, two different sets of rules decide the result. For the at-fault side's liability coverage, the policies' own…
When a crash injures a married person, the other spouse has a claim of their own for what the injury took from the marriage: companionship, society,…
A Georgia jury decides liability by deciding whether each driver failed to use ordinary care and whether that failure caused the injury, and then assigns each…
Georgia treats lost wages and lost earning capacity as two different items. Lost wages are pay you already missed because of the injury. Lost earning capacity…
A Georgia government body can be held liable for a crash only where a statute waives its immunity, and only after written notice given on time.…
Georgia has no rule that the driver in back is automatically at fault. The following driver has a statutory duty not to follow "more closely than…
This guide covers five Macon law firms that publish pages about car accident cases, listed in alphabetical order with each firm's Macon office, phone number, and…
A Georgia car accident case is worth what a jury could reasonably award for your proven losses, reduced by any share of fault assigned to you,…
You must report a Georgia crash to law enforcement immediately if anyone is injured or killed or the property damage apparently reaches $500 or more. O.C.G.A.…
You can sue the at-fault driver at any time before the deadline runs, without waiting for the insurer to deny the claim; a claim against a…
An employer answers for an employee's crash when the employee was driving on the employer's business. A vehicle owner who was not in the car does…
A passenger hurt in a Georgia crash can claim against any driver whose negligence caused the injury, including the driver of the car the passenger was…
A traffic ticket is an accusation, not proof. What carries into the civil case is the driver's conduct, which can be proved with any admissible evidence,…
No Georgia statute sets one deadline for reporting a crash to your insurer. The deadline is in your policy, and the policy's wording decides what a…