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If a bus crash injured you in Atlanta, there is a clock most people never hear about. An ordinary Georgia injury claim generally allows two years to file. A claim against a city, county, transit authority or school district can require written notice in a fraction of that time, and it has to be in the right form and go to the right place. A late notice can close a good claim before anyone looks at the merits. Ownership determines almost everything here. A public bu

In a catastrophic injury case, the hospital bill is the smallest number in the file. The number that matters is what the next several decades cost: surgical revisions, daily care, durable equipment and its replacement cycle, home and vehicle modification, medication, and a career that ended. That figure is not an estimate a lawyer produces. A life care planner builds it with the doctors who are actually treating you, and an economist reducing the projection to present

A rideshare wreck raises a question a normal car crash does not: which insurance policy actually applies. The answer turns on what the app was doing when the crash happened. When the app is off, the driver is just a driver, and only the personal policy is in play. When the app is on and they are waiting for a ride request, a smaller layer of coverage generally applies. Once they have accepted a ride or have a passenger in the car, a much larger commercial policy typicall

When a family loses someone in a preventable wreck, the legal question is not the first thing on anyone's mind. It becomes one eventually, often when the bills arrive or an adjuster calls. Georgia treats a death case differently than people tend to assume. There are generally two separate claims. One belongs to the surviving family for what Georgia calls the full value of the life of the person who died. The other belongs to the estate and covers things like the final me

Limb loss reshapes ordinary days permanently. The medical care does not end when the hospital stay does, and the costs continue for the rest of a person's life. These claims have to look well past the initial hospital bill. Prosthetic devices wear out and get replaced on a cycle measured in years, each replacement carries its own fitting and training. Homes and vehicles often need modification. Physical therapy, occupational therapy and follow up surgeries can continue f

If you or your child were bitten in Atlanta, Georgia works differently than people expect. Some states hold the owner responsible no matter what. Georgia 18-wheeler liability attorney is not one of them. The claim generally turns on whether the owner knew the animal was dangerous, or whether the dog was loose in violation of a local leash ordinance. Establishing what the owner knew is not easy. Owners rarely volunteer that a dog has snapped before, and witnesses o

It started as an ordinary drive, and then someone hit you. Now you are sore and shaken, your car is undriveable, and someone from the other driver's insurance company has already called. The adjuster sounds friendly. They are paid to close your claim for as little as possible. That recorded statement is not a formality, and you are allowed to talk to a lawyer before you give one. Flanagan Law represents people injured in car crashes across the Atlanta area, including

Getting hit by an 18-wheeler is not a bigger fender bender. A fully loaded truck can outweigh your car many times over, and the injuries are usually far worse. The difference shows up immediately. Trucking companies frequently send an investigator to the scene the same day, while you are still in the emergency room. They start protecting the company immediately. More than one company can be responsible. The carrier, a maintenance provider, a broker, or the company tha