Atlanta Injury Lawyers Blog

Atlanta personal injury attorneys obtained a $5.47 million dollar verdict in a wrongful death case last week in DeKalb County, Georgia. The case involved a man who was killed while working at Atlanta-Hartsfield airport in June of 2007. The decedent was working on an expansion project at the airport, and his job was to direct dump trucks entering the work site. The man was killed when a dump truck driver ingnored stop signals and ran over him.

A wrongful death and pain and suffering claim was filed by Atlanta lawyers retained by the family of the decedent. The case was presented to a jury last week and, after only three days, the verdict was returned. Because the decedent was killed while at work, the family of the decedent is also entitled to a recovery under Georgia workers compensation laws.

As an Atlanta personal injury attorney and workers compensation lawyer, I am grateful that our Georgia juries are willing to issue large awards to the victims of tragic incidents such as this one. We have recovered millions of dollars for our injured Clients, and we continue to be inspired when verdicts like this are issued. Many of Georgia's best lawyers are in located in Atlanta, and it these types of vedicts are a testament to this.

As an Atlanta and North Georgia workers compensation attorney, our law firm is seeing more and more of our work injury Clients diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD). RSD, also referred to as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, is a chronic pain condition that is just starting to be understood by the medical community. Many of our Georgia workers compensation Clients who suffer from Fibromyalgia or RSD have serious and debilitating symptoms, with some being left wheelchair bound. As this is condition is not fully understood by most, it is important that individuals who suffer from RSD obtain the assistance of a Georgia attorney that is familiar with the condition.

RSD workers compensation claims can be valued in the hundreds of thousands, and sometimes, millions of dollars. This is because the debilitating nature of the condition requires intense medical treatment to curtail its effects. If treated early, the medical evidence indicates that full remission is quite possible. If proper medical care is neglected, however, individuals who suffer from the symtoms can be left irreversibly crippled.

Due to the potentially crippling result of Fibromyalgia or RSD, our work injury law firm immediately attempts to place our workers compensation Clients in the care of the foremost SD medical experts in Georgia. With Fibromyalgia and RSD Clients from North Georgia (Dalton, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Rome), to Atlanta, to Columbus, Macon, Augusta and Savannah, we have worked with the best RSD doctors in Georgia.

As an Atlanta-based workers compensation law firm, we see more and more Clients who have suffered a work injury while working for United Parcel Service (UPS). Given the labor intensive nature of the work performed by many UPS employees, it is not unusual to see a catastrophic back or neck injury, a severe carpal tunnel injury, or a debilitating knee injury. While UPS does take measures to protect its employees from these types of work injuries, these precautions are sometimes simply ineffective.

Studies show that UPS has one of the highest workers compensation injury rates, with some reports suggesting that UPS averages 60,000 work injuries per month. These same reports also suggest that UPS averages one work-related death per month. Given these statistics, it is not unusual for our firm to field multiple calls per week from UPS employees.

UPS workers compensation claims can be valued in the hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions, of dollars. This is because the severity of the injures suffered by UPS employees typically require extensive medical care. Due to the value of these claims and the medical care required by injured UPS workers, it is imperative for injured UPS employees to, at the very least, discuss their claims with an experienced workers compensation attorney.

Atlanta is the headquarters for Home Depot, and the company employs hundreds of thousands of employees. Many of these workers are employed in labor intensive positions and, as such, it is not uncommon for our Atlanta-based law firm to advise potential Clients with respect to their Home Depot workers compensation or work injury claims. These injuries can range from a shoulder and knee injury, to brain and spine injury.

A work injury suffered by a Home Depot employee can be worth hundreds of thousands, and many times, millions of dollars. The value of the claim is dependent on the extent of the injury and the medical care required, and our Georgia law firm has extensive experience with these work injury cases. We can typically evaluate the settlement value of a claim fairly quickly, and we offer free case evaluations to our potential Clients.

Rapes, shootings, and violent crimes are a common occurence in hotels, shopping malls, parking lots, and apartment complexes throughout Atlanta and the state of Georgia. As an Atlanta law firm that represents Clients in these premise liability cases, we are intimately aware of the dangers that patrons face while staying or shopping in these venues. The verdicts awarded by juries throughout Georgia for such incidents can be significant, as is evidenced by a recent $550,000.00 verdict obtained in Cobb County, Georgia.

A Cobb County jury recently awared $550,000.00 to a Plaintiff who was sexually assaulted while staying at a Super 8 Motel. A hotel employee entered her room with a master key and began to touch and lick her while she was asleep. The hotel was sued for failure to conduct a criminal background check on the employee and for entrusting the employee with a master key. The jury heard evidence that, if a criminal background check had been performed, the hotel would have learned that the employee was arrested on multiple occasions prior to and during his employment. The jury was convinced, and held Super 8 liable.

As a premise liability law firm, it is important that we become involved in a hotel/apartment/shopping mall rape, shooting, or attack as soon after the incident as possible. This is critical as premise owners tend to destroy evidence such as video tapes which would evidence liability.