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Car accidents injure thousands of Georgia drivers and passengers every year, sometimes seriously. Rear-end accidents make up a significant number of these accidents, and often result in successful legal claims. Generally speaking, the driver of the vehicle that did the hitting is deemed at fault for a rear-end accident, unless there are other circumstances that …

While the vast majority of car accidents are caused by driver error, a significant number are the result of poorly designed roads or failure to warn motorists about dangerous road conditions.  The failure to warn issue can come up in several ways, but most commonly occurs when inadequate signage fails to warn motorists about a …

First off, whenever you are in a car accident and there is damage to your vehicle and you are injured, you have two separate claims. The first is the damage to your vehicle. This is called the property damage claim. Many people handle this entirely on their own, without a lawyer.  The key is that …

As Loretta Hightower was returning to Newnan from a trip to Macon, she was t-boned off Interstate 75 at the Route 16 exit. Sadly, Hightower suffered multiple injuries in this Georgia motor vehicle accident that occurred in December 2012. According to authorities, she was taken to Atlanta Medical Center by Life Flight following the accident and spent …

In 2009, approximately 30,000 people were involved in car crashes due to drowsy driving and 730 died, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The NHTSA estimates that about 16 percent of all vehicular fatalities and approximately 13 percent of accidents requiring hospitalization involve drowsy drivers. Consulting a Clayton County attorney after an auto …

A serious rear-end collision in LaGrange left LW with injuries requiring ongoing medical treatment. The accident occurred on , at the intersection of Franklin Road and Mooty Bridge Road in Troup County. LW was driving when their vehicle was struck from behind by a Toyota Camry. The LaGrange Police Department investigated the crash and determined …

According to United States Department of Transportation data an average of over 60,000 pedestrians are injured in accidents with vehicles in the United States each year. The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) published a study that showed most pedestrian injuries occur at night. If you are injured a Clayton County pedestrian accident lawyerat Shane Smith …

On Thursday, , a tragic hit-and-run accident in Lilburn, Georgia took place that claimed the lives of a woman and a child. According to the Lilburn Police, this deadly wreck occurred Thursday evening, 20 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, and involved a pickup truck and pedestrians. Authorities received details of this accident from four different …

On January 30, two women collided in a fender-bender accident on Interstate 20 near downtown Atlanta. They got out of their cars, went to inspect the damage, and were struck and killed by a tow truck.  Thirty-five-year-old Satonya Cleveland, a social worker and the mother of two young girls, was killed at the scene. Angel Woah, the 23-year-old …

Recently, a woman was killed in an Atlanta pedestrian accident on Peachtree Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, this deadly accident occurred around 2:39 a.m. early Sunday morning on . The female pedestrian was struck just north of Dresden Drive by a driver in a 2006 BMW 750i. According to reports, the pedestrian stepped into the …

On , a wrong-way driver caused a multi-vehicle accident on I-85 near the Pleasant Hill Road exit. According to authorities, this four-car accident in Gwinnett County took place early Sunday morning around 4 a.m. The Gwinnett County Police stated that the wrong-way driver was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 85. The female …

On , a fatal crash in South Fulton County occurred, killing two people. This early Friday morning crash on I-20 took place in the westbound lanes of the interstate, just east of Fulton Industrial Boulevard. According to the Fulton police, a Chevrolet Impala was the only car involved in this wreck. Police reported that the driver of …