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Category: Catastrophic Injury

What is the Average Cost of a Traumatic Brain Injury?

Devastating traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can mean months of rehabilitation, memory loss, impaired motor function, and disability. They result in expensive medical bills, possibly a lifetime of diminished earnings, and serious emotional distress. Whether caused by a car accident, fall, or other incident, if you have sustained a traumatic brain injury, it is not only your physical and mental health that will suffer, but your financial health too. The cost in dollars of a traumatic brain in...

Can I Sue for A Concussion?

You can sue for a concussion if another party caused your injury due to their negligent or violent actions. Concussions commonly happen in car accidents, in falls, and in other incidents causing impacts to the head. A concussion affects brain function and can cause chronic headaches, memory loss, blurry vision, hearing abnormalities, and sleep problems. These issues can seriously affect your physical and mental health. Concussion injuries can lead to mounting medical bills and lost wage...

How Much Compensation Do You Get for A Burn Injury in Georgia?

The severity of injuries and damages are main determinants in how much compensation is paid for burn injuries. How much liability insurance the responsible party carries, whether they have additional assets that can be considered in a lawsuit, and whether the injured person shared any fault for the accident also factor in. Compensation in a burn injury claim can range from the thousands of dollars into the millions. Every single case is different. Georgia residents are wise to enlist the s...

It’s Past Time for MARTA to Take Action Against Train Station Accidents

You’re going about your day, trying to get to work, or back home, or wherever your current destination might be. Maybe you’re checking your email, or thinking through your to-do list. Your commute is so routine that it barely demands any attention. But then, every so often, you glance over the edge of the platform while waiting for your train, and you realize how easy it would be to slip and fall onto the tracks below. You might even have stopped to ask yourself, “Why on earth isn’t there ...

Bizarre Accidental Deaths

Common or Uncommon: Freak Accidental Deaths? Strangely enough, bizarre accidental deaths happen quite frequently, and the victims' families are often entitled to significant settlements with the help of a wrongful death lawyer. We all know that death is an unavoidable reality. And while some people are fortunate and live long, healthy, and fulfilling lives, others are struck by illness or fall victim to common yet unfortunate accidents. Still others still experience the weirdest accidental d...

Another Possible Gas Explosion in a Georgia Home Has Killed Two People

A couple in their 70’s living in Union County near Blairsville were killed in early May when their home exploded. They have since been identified as Peggy Wood and Ralph Norris Wood Jr. Mourning neighbors, some of them left with damage to their own homes as well, describe the Woods’ house as completely leveled. Because of the extent of the damage, the investigation into the cause of the explosion may take weeks, but officials say they are checking into the home’s gas tank. Unintentional ga...

The FAA Is Searching for the Cause of the Fatal Gainesville Cessna Crash

A single-engine airplane carrying three adults crashed in Gainesville this February. There were no survivors. The FAA is currently investigating the cause and details of the crash, and has so far confirmed that the three bodies found in the wreckage match the three people expected to be on board. The plane had recently taken off from nearby Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport and was on its way to Daytona Beach, Florida. In addition to the deaths of the pilot and passengers, the crash displaced a ...

Can I Sue My Apartment If Someone Caused a Fire?

Apartments can be dangerous places in terms of fire safety. Nearly 400 people living in U.S multifamily buildings are killed in residential fires every year, and over 4,000 more are injured. For people who survive apartment fires and burn injury accidents, the task of putting a life back together is daunting and massive. It’s normal to have lots of questions, most pressingly questions of finance and liability. A landlord’s responsibility to pay for tenants’ losses seems obvious enough i...

Worker Dies by Electrocution at Atlanta Sand & Supply

An employee of Atlanta Sand & Supply was pronounced dead the morning of July 9th at the Byron location where he worked. A brief investigation of the scene indicated that the worker, James Wallace Dean Jr., had been killed by electrocution, apparently by accident. Of course, just because Dean does not appear to have been murdered does not mean that no one is responsible for his death. Electricity is a well-recognized and serious hazard of most workplaces, and there are many precautions ...

Georgia Poultry Plant Workers Face New Dangers Due to Coronavirus

Right now, while so many are fighting the spread of COVID-19 simply by staying home, others are still expected to risk exposure every day in order to perform in-person jobs that have been deemed essential, including jobs in the food supply line. Although there’s no arguing with the fact that a steady food supply is indeed essential to the U.S’s survival and recovery, many companies are using their “essential” classification as an excuse to disregard safety necessities and common sense, and...