Can The Font Used In Our Cars Make Us Safer?
Drivers voluntarily expose themselves to many distractions. Whether it is texting, reading email, putting on makeup, or eating, we are taking our focus off the other cars on the road. Because of the dangerous multitasking that we are doing behind the wheel, any advancement that puts more of our focus on driving is a good […]
Read More »Has Your Health Insurance Company Ever Reimbursed Your Premiums?
The title of this blog post is a rhetorical question, because the answer is assuredly “no”. It would be nice if health insurance companies reimbursed your premiums if you did not see the doctor. While it would be nice, it is not going to happen. The reason it will not happen is because you pay […]
Read More »The Underbelly of Underinsured Motorist Claims
In the last couple of days, Progressive has received plenty of bad public relations for its refusal to pay on a wrongful death claim. The Associated Press reported that a Progressive insured died in a car wreck after she was hit by a person running a red light. The insurance company of the person who […]
Read More »Where Do You Place Your Hands On The Steering Wheel?
I was taught you are supposed to have your hands at 10 and 2 when driving. Turns out, 10 and 2, according to AAA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is no longer the safest way to hold onto the steering wheel. 10 and 2 can lead to serious injury when there is an […]
Read More »When To Call A Personal Injury Lawyer
Do I need to call a personal injury lawyer? This is never a question you want to have. If you have to answer this question it means that you or someone you know has been seriously injured. It also means that there are issues arising in your life that you typically do not spend much […]
Read More »Incredible Advances Coming From University of Georgia
For all you Dawg fans out there, you have one more thing to be proud of about your University. UGA is spearheading research for a new bone growth gel that is being called “fracture putty”. This new product gets injected into broken bones to help the body regenerate bone faster. Please read this article about […]
Read More »Policing Our Own
Recently the Georgia Supreme Court disbarred two lawyers who should have been kicked out of the profession years ago. You can read the full opinion here. These lawyers were guilty of hiring “runners.” Runners are non-lawyers paid by an unscrupulous lawyer to go out and find personal injury clients. This is where we get the […]
Read More »Court of Appeals Declines Punitive Damages For Cell Phone Use
In a recent Georgia Court of Appeals decision, Lindsey v. Clinch County Glass Inc., the Court held that the plaintiff could not seek punitive damages when the defendant caused a car wreck because he was using his cell phone. The facts of the case are relatively straightforward; the defendant was driving his truck to a […]
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