A Friday night tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta, causing serious damage to buildings in the business district.Inside the CNN Center, water flooded parts of the building, shattered glass littered the floor and dust and debris entered from the torn roof. Next door at the Georgia Dome the SEC conference basketball…
A school bus carrying 27 students overturned on March 3, 2008 in Canton, Georgia.Twenty-six students were taking to area hospitals, but none were seriously injured.The driver, Luis Monserrate, was charged with failure to maintain a lane. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the driver let the school bus dip…
January 14, 2008 The Georgia General Assembly begins its 2008 session today. Constitutionally, the legislature is charged with approving a budget for the state. One critical item on this year’s agenda must be saving cash-strapped Grady Memorial Hospital, which is in critical condition. Grady Memorial Hospital (“Grady”), in the heart…
Varying reports have now appeared about a MARTA escalator incident on New Year’s Eve.At first the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, “a bunch rowdy college football fans lost their footing” when one of the Five Points MARTA station escalator’s malfunctioned.Eleven people were injured in the accident. According to riders, the escalator…
October 16, 2007 When a drunk driver causes an accident and someone is injured, the drunk driver may be liable for more than just the plaintiff’s injuries and property damage. Georgia juries are allowed to “fine” the defendant by awarding punitive damages. Punitive damages not only punish the defendant for…
This week the Georgia Court of Appeals threw out a 5.1 million dollar jury verdict against DeKalb County for the wrongful death of a twenty-one year old probationer when he fell off the back of a county garbage truck which he was assigned as part of his community service work.…
Commonly, insurance policies include an endorsement which provides the insurer “will pay reasonable expenses incurred for necessary medical and funeral services because of bodily injury caused by accident and sustained by an ‘insured.’”Medical payments coverage for car accidents is optional under Georgia insurance policies and is available to the insured…
The state of Georgia requires all motor vehicle owners to secure minimum liability insurance coverage for their vehicles.This insurance provides for payment for damages in the event the other driver suffers a personal injury in the car accident.However, there is no requirement that motor vehicle owners secure uninsured motorist coverage…
In 2001, auto accident injury victims received what was thought to be good news from the U.S. Supreme Court in Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson, 534 U.S. 204, 122 S.Ct. 708, 151 L.Ed.2d 635 (2002). In Knudson, the Plaintiff was injured in an auto accident. Her medical bills related…
Question: Do I have to use the repair facility designated by the insurance company? Answer: No. However, if you use a repair facility other than those authorized by the insurance carrier, you may have to pay the difference in cost between the charges of your chosen repair facility and the…