There is a very unusual Georgia wrongful death decision out of the State Court in Bibb County that was recently upheld by the Court of Appeals. It has the potential to drastically affect wrongful death cases involving Georgia uninsured motorist insurance coverage. Smarr v. Richardson et al. involved the death…
The Georgia Supreme Court issued a decision today on cancellation of car insurance and although I don’t think it was very interesting, it reminded me a case that we handled that was and has some bearing for Georgia consumers. We took a case for a badly injured woman who had…
The firm is working on the tragic wrongful death case of a child run over by an elderly driver in Cobb County. As all Georgia wrongful death lawyers know, there often is not enough insurance to assist the family in recovering from the devastating loss. In this case, the driver…
In 2005, Georgia rewrote the prior conviction impeachment law and codified it as O.C.G.A. §24-9-84.1. The old Georgia rule was more “loosey-goosey” but with the new law, the legislature said that the prior crime must fit certain criteria before it comes in.Certain convictions or guilty pleas for past crimes can…
Just because your boss calls you an independent contractor, sends you a 1099 and had you sign an independent contractor’s agreement does not meet that you are exempt from overtime law in Georgia. So how does an overtime lawyer figure it out? Does your boss tell you where to go…
Mike Moebes, owner of the Atlanta workers compensation law firm of Moebes Law, and I just returned from the great city of New Orleans where we attended the annual Southern Trial Lawyers meeting. After two days of lectures given by some of the most respected trial lawyers in the United…
Senior Partner at Christopher Simon Attorney at Law, Christopher Simon, spoke to the media today at the Cobb County Schools to address allegations made on the Neal Boortz show. The popular radio show aired commentary to the effect that the Cobb County Schools Foundation was retaining control of the $30,000,00…
Many of my clients ask me “how do I get my police report?” after a crash in Georgia and usually the process involves sending money orders or showing up in person. That has all changed now that the State of Georgia is getting more progressive. The Department of Transportation has…
We are handling a case for a very nice lady who was badly hurt when she was hit by a 20 something in Savannah. The police report merely indicated that the defendant driver was driving her dad’s Mercury. We sent a demand letter to her insurance carrier and we got…
Google hit another milestone two months ago when they put their legal research database online. They have complete databases for every State and Federal Decision. Now prisoners can search online to their heart’s content as they work on their habeus corpus appeal. As a lawyer getting cleaned out by westlaw…