A spinal cord injury could have a devastating effect on your personal life and your finances. Whether the injury is incomplete and you retain some function in the affected part of your body or the injury is complete and you have lost all motor control and sensation...

Car accidents can result in serious physical injuries and they can also cause emotional trauma. Often, it’s not as easy as just jumping straight back into the car once you are physically healed. Your life after a collision may never quite be the same again....

Losing a loved one always feels wrong, but it is only legally a wrongful death in certain circumstances. In Georgia, wrongful death is a fatality that results from misconduct or negligence. Both individuals and businesses can be to blame for wrongful death. When...

After an auto accident, some people have injuries so severe that the only option is for medical providers to turn to amputations. Amputations remove a part of the body, whether it’s a hand, arm, foot or leg. Depending on the kind of amputation that is performed, the...

Personal injury claims can be lodged for a number of reasons. Motor vehicle collisions take up much of the focus, and they are fairly frequent. However, you don’t have to be in a vehicle to sustain a serious injury. Slip-and-fall accidents are also one of the more...

The last thing you’d expect when making your way to work or dropping off the kids at school is for your car to catch fire. This situation is not as outlandish as it first appears. Hundreds of thousands of motors catch fire in the U.S. every year, and as well as...

The brain is an amazingly complex organ that controls breathing, senses, motor skills, memory and much more. Of course, it also controls how we think, feel and process information. That means it controls our emotions and our behavior. When a person suffers a traumatic...

A shoulder injury caused by a car accident could lead to serious problems for a victim. They may struggle to work because of pain or dysfunction that affects the shoulder, arm, upper back and neck. Some common kinds of shoulder injuries that people develop due to car...

Losing a loved one leads to both practical and personal losses. Your family will likely never be the same, and you will need months, if not years, to grieve. The practical concerns that begin cropping up when someone dies won't give you space to properly mourn. You...

In Georgia, pain and suffering damages are determined by jurors and will amount to whatever amount a group of peers at trial feels they’re worth. After a car crash and personal injury, you may want to seek these damages based on the severity of your injury and the...