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 …
Why Motorists Need to Know About Road Hazards
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 …
How Exceeding Commercial Weight Limits is Negligent
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sets strict weight limits for commercial trucks. The maximum weight of each truck largely depends on the type of truck, number of wheels, size of the axles, and other factors. The maximum possible weight of any type of commercial truck on the highways is 80,000 pounds. In addition …
How Your Will Can Be Challenged in Georgia
Regardless of whether you come from a quarrelsome family whose members often argue with each other, you should make doubly sure your lawyer drafts as ironclad a will as possible. Simply listing all of your assets and noting why some people won’t be inheriting from you may not always stop those who tend to challenge …
Georgia Property Damage Rights for Car Accident Victims
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 …
March 2014 Teacher of the Month Awards
ANNOUNCING MARCH’S TEACHERS OF THE MONTH We’d like to thank everyone who participated last month in our Teacher of the Month Award program. As always, we received many heartfelt nominations! Our panel has selected this month’s award recipients, and attorney Shane Smith says, “It’s obvious that March’s teachers of the month put their hearts and …
Rule of Thumb in Evaluating a Business
We all want to value our businesses in ways that will let them increase their chances of attracting new clients, investors or loans. Yet there are a myriad of ways to do this that are usually quite ethical. One approach is to use one of the “rule of thumb” approaches — these “quick and …
You Still Have Power Even When You’re in Debt
It’s important to remember this, especially when you’re unemployed, have used up all of your savings – and are still just barely getting by each month.Once you’ve had debt collectors become abusive, constantly violate your privacy or keep on demanding unfair payments you cannot afford – give serious thought to contacting your Peachtree City consumer …
Mergers: When One Corporation Combines With Another
There are many different ways that corporations can combine with others. There are “merger-type” transactions where the larger or wealthier “Corporation A” simply acquires “Corporation B,” so that the shareholders of “Corporation B” just wind up with stock in “Corporation A” (after surrendering all of their controlling rights/assets in “Corporation B).” These types of transactions …
Father Indicted for Death of Daughter in DUI
About one year following the death of Corliss Johnson, 15, her father was indicted for the Georgia DUI crash that claimed her life. Last year, father Anthony Johnson, an Atlanta resident, was involved in a DeKalb County car crash, in which he was carrying his four children—two boys, two girls—in the vehicle that crashed. According …
Newnan Resident Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries
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 …
How Parents Can Lose Their Right to a Wrongful Death Claim
Damages in a Georgia wrongful death claim are calculated as if the victim had survived; the court calculates damages as losses sustained by the victim. Though the wrongful death claim is filed by surviving family, the court views the family as the victim’s representatives. Clayton County wrongful death lawyer Shane Smith represents families who have …
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