When a married person is severely injured due to the negligence of someone else (such as one of the entities at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport), the spouse owns a legal claim known as loss of consortium. Loss of consortium is legal cause of action in Georgia that is in place to…
Molar tooth anatomy sometimes includes auxiliary root canals, loops, curved roots and fins which are difficult to detect, clean and obturate (fill). Many times, general dentists try to perform root canals on multi-rooted molars with these conditions and it could be below the standard of care for dentists under like…
Medical malpractice cases often turn on medical expert testimony. Both sides in the lawsuit must hire experts to render opinions about liability (i.e., was there malpractice) and damages (i.e, did the malpractice result in the injuries and damages that the plaintiff is complaining of in the lawsuit). Many times, a…
The number of bicycle miles traveled every year by riders who are older than 450 has increased from 1.9 trillion miles in 2001 to 3.6 trillion miles in 2009. In 1997, 26 percent of medical costs were due to riders 45 and older; by 2013, that had grown to 54 percent. Men…
An Alpharetta man who had stopped to aid another driver on I-75 was killed early Monday when a car struck his own vehicle. The good Samaritan had pulled his Ford Explorer off behind a disabled Chevrolet Impala just south of Delk Road in Marietta about 4:35 a.m., Cobb police Sgt.…
A law firm recently attempted to obtain court audio tapes. After the firm requested the audio recordings, the Court told the requesting attorney and her law partner husband, that they could come to court and listen to them, but they could not record them. This prompted the firm to file a…
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently overturned the grant to Defendants of a Motion for Summary Judgment by a DeKalb County (Georgia) Trial Court in Duff v. Board of Regents, No. A17A0438. The three judge panel reversed DeKalb County Trial Judge Janis Gordon’s granting of Summary Judgment to the Defense…
The following was recently received by a colleague from an Atlanta insurance defense firm regarding a personal injury case that he was pursuing on behalf of the plaintiff: “if any surgery is contemplated for any of the injuries he alleges we demand an IME [Independent Medical Exam]prior to the performance…
As the recent AJC article detailing the car wreck makes clear, if you cause a car accident and your conduct is serious enough in nature, you will also face criminal charges for the harm that you cause. Police say they expect charges to be filed in a crash that killed…
With warm Georgia weather comes a rash of dog bite cases. This happens every year and this year is no different. Georgia’s dog bite statute which is found at O.C.G.A § 51-2-7 provides: A person who owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and who, by careless…