Comments on: How Torts Lead to Personal Injury Lawsuits – Damages https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/ Get the W Wed, 27 Mar 2024 05:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Georgia Police Officers Who Give Chase in a Reckless Manner May Be Responsible for Injuries Under OCGA 40-6-6 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-51 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:36:27 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-51 […] Death tops the list of things money can never make up for. The law recognizes this, and as such, additional rules apply in cases of wrongful death. To learn more about how wrongful death claims are different, click here. […]

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By: Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Pedestrians on the Highway - OCGA 40-6-96 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-49 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:35:29 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-49 […] If a pedestrian using the road illegally has caused the death of someone else, the case against that pedestrian is one of wrongful death rather than personal injury. To learn more about wrongful death and how the Wetherington Law Firm can help you find justice for y… […]

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By: Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Acceptable Lanes for Trucks and Buses - OCGA 40-6-52 and OCGA 40-6-53 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-46 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:34:23 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-46 […] If the accident was fatal, your case changes from being a personal injury suit to a wrongful death suit. The Wetherington Law Firm helps families facing these devastating kinds of personal losses as well, but these suits come with different rules you’ll need to be aware of. Click here to learn more about wrongful death. […]

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By: Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Illegal U-Turns - OCGA 40-6-121 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-45 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:34:04 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-45 […] If you’re looking for justice for a lost loved one rather than for your own injuries, what you have is a wrongful death case. The Wetherington Law Firm can help you with this as well, though there are some extra rules you’ll need to be aware of. To learn more, click here. […]

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By: Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Am I Required to Stop After a Wreck? OCGA 40-6-273 and OCGA 40-6-274 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-44 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:28:45 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-44 […] If you’ve lost a loved one to a hit-and-run accident, the compassionate experts at the Wetherington Law Firm are always available to discuss your situation and how we can help. We also encourage you to look over our explanation of statute 40-6-270, which deals more specifically with hit-and-run accidents involving injuries and death, and our general page on wrongful death law. The rules for these kinds of cases are different from those for personal injury, and it’s helpful to be familiar with the distinctions. […]

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By: Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Intoxicated Driving - OCGA 40-6-253 and OCGA 40-6-391 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-41 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:25:06 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-41 […] Losing a loved one to an intoxicated driver is devastating, confusing, and infuriating. The Wetherington Law Firm sympathizes with the range of difficult emotions you and your family will be facing in the aftermath of this kind of tragedy. If you’d like to learn more about wrongful death cases, how they differ from personal injury, and … […]

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By: Homicide by Vehicle in Georgia - How its Determined and What to Expect Under OCGA 40-6-393 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-40 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:23:41 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-40 […] Wrongful death law is a little more complicated than personal injury law, especially when it comes to who is entitled to pursue a suit against the perpetrator. If you’ve found yourself in the position of having to consider a wrongful death suit, the Wetherington Law Firm would like to express our condolences for your loss. We understand that losing someone to an accident is devastating, confusing, and extremely difficult to process. Unfortunately, timeliness is important to successfully filing a suit, so you’ll need to assess your options as soon as possible. To learn more about your rights as a survivor of a loved one’s wrongful death, click here. […]

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By: O.C.G.A. 40-6-397 – Aggressive Driving - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-37 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:22:16 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-37 […] In that event, your case will be classified as wrongful death instead of personal injury. If money can’t make up for pain and disability, it most certainly can’t make up for death, but pursuing a wrongful death claim can still be helpful for easing death-related financial hardships, as well as setting an example to help prevent similar deaths in the future. You can learn more about wrongful death cases here. […]

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By: Determining Liability After a Car Wreck in Georgia: Reckless Driving - OCGA 40-6-390 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-32 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:17:20 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-32 […] The most devastatingly priceless loss of all is the life of a loved one. Both the Wetherington Law Firm and law itself recognize the gravity of wrongful death cases. There are slightly different rules for these than for personal injury cases, which you can learn more about here. […]

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By: Civil Liability and Sex Crimes in Georgia: Child Molestation OCGA 16-6-4 - Wetherington Law Firm https://wfirm.com/how-torts-lead-to-personal-injury-lawsuits-damages/#comment-21 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:08:46 +0000 https://wfirm.com/?p=1179#comment-21 […] have grounds for a wrongful death suit. The rules for these are a little different from those for personal injury, and you can learn more about them here. The Wetherington Law Firm also represents wrongful death cases, and we’re always available to […]

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