The only new cases I take in my Atlanta Personal Injury Law Firm are personal injury cases.  I limit my practice to this area, because I feel it lets me better serve my clients.  It allows me to concentrate on learning one area of the law and build my practice around this area - personal injury.  I usually offer several second opinions on Georgia personal injury cases to people who want to know how to fire their atlanta personal injury lawyer every month.  Many times, I end up encouraging the caller to call their lawyer and talk about their concerns.  Usually the callers are upset over a lack of communication on the lawyer's part or feel the lawyer wont call them back.  I tell these callers to call their lawyer and make an appointment to talk to him about the problem.  Everyone should explain their expectations regarding communication and move forward.  

     Occasionally though, I hear a case explained to me and I tell the client I disagree with what their lawyer is doing.  This normally occurs when you have a lawyer who does a little bit of everything working on the personal injury case.  Just this week I received a phone call from someone who said their lawyer wanted them to settle their daughter's personal injury case for $750.  I asked why they were not  filing a lawsuit and the mom said she didn't know.  She told me her daughter still could not raise her arms above her head to put on a Tshirt.  This was five months after the car accident.  I basically told her that I didn't know why she was talking about settling since her daughter was still hurt.  I told her that the car accident injuries sounded like a partial rotator cuff tear and that I would recommend seeing a shoulder doctor or orthopedist for an MRI.  I told her it would be a terrible mistake to settle her daughter's personal injury case for that amount if she had a shoulder tear.

     The mother then told me that she could not afford to go the doctor.  When we discussed health insurance, she told me her daughter was covered but her other lawyer told her not to use her health insurance since it was a car accident.  This was in my opinion terrible advice.  I talked to her about health insurance subrogation after a car accident case settles.  I talked about the reimbursement rates to health insurance and how it still benefits a personal injury claimant to use health insurance.  The short answer is the only one that benefits from not using health insurance is the lawyers office and the hospital.  

     All in all, this call reminded me exactly why I give second opinions on car accident and personal injury cases.   This client had received bad advice and needed help.  I was glad to help her and her daughter and feel like they can get a much better result.  No matter what we will know what is wrong with her daughter and what type of treatment she needs to get better.