In this article you can discover the following:
- The basics of personal injury claims in Georgia.
- How negligence and liability play into personal injury claims.
- The factors involved settlements and the potential outcomes of settling.
In Layman’s Terms, What Is A Personal Injury Claim?
A personal injury claim involves seeking compensation after an event (such as a dog bite, car accident, or slip-and-fall accident) that causes injury or physical damage to your body. Your claim asserts that someone was responsible for your injuries and seeks damages from them to help pay for things like medical expenses or any damage to your property.
What Does “Liability” Mean In The Context Of Personal Injury Law?
Liability involves determining who was responsible for the events that caused the injury. For example, if you were rear-ended in your car while waiting at a stop sign, the person who rear-ended you would typically be found liable for any injuries or property damage caused by the accident.
How Is “Negligence” Defined And Why Is It Important In My Personal Injury Case?
Negligence is the failure to exercise due care and caution. This means that someone has failed to use a reasonable, needed level of care in a given situation and through that lack of care, caused an accident or injury.
For example, drivers on the road are expected to drive with care, respect, and caution. Someone failing to drive with care might swerve in and out of lanes and cause a collision. In such an instance, the driver who swerved and thereby caused a collision would be negligent.
In a grocery store, managers and employees have a responsibility to keep the store’s floor clean and dry. Failing to do so by failing to clean up a spill, can lead to a slip-and-fall accident and subsequent injury. In this instance, the grocery store could be found to be negligent in its responsibility to act with due care.
Attorney Gregory Chancy is a seasoned lawyer based in Marietta, GA, who has helped countless clients just like you navigate the intricacies of personal injury law. With personal experience as both a personal injury attorney and victim, Attorney Gregory Chancy is prepared to assist you get the relief you need so that you can get back to what you really care about.
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What Are “Damages” And What Types Can I Claim In A Personal Injury Case?
Damages refer to the compensation awarded to the injured party. In Georgia, damages are paid to help compensate you for past, current, and future medical care that you need in light of your injury. Damages can also be awarded for non-medical expenses, such as car repairs or repairs to property following an accident.
What Is The Difference Between A “Trial” And A “Settlement”?
Trials, which are often depicted on television legal dramas, are the events that play out in a courtroom in front of a judge or a judge and a jury. While some personal injury cases go to trial, most go to “trial settlement”, instead.
“Trial settlement” involves you, your attorney, the negligent party, and their attorney making a deal to resolve the legal case. This resolution involves negotiating an appropriate amount of money or damages to be paid to you as a victim.
What Does “Burden Of Proof” Mean For My Personal Injury Case?
“Burden of proof” refers to the burden or obligation you and your attorney have to prove that the defendant’s actions had a greater than 50% chance of causing the injury that you sustained.
You and your attorney would prove this by presenting relevant evidence (such as dashcam footage) that would prove the other party’s negligence.
How We Approach Client Care
While coming to an attorney for the first time can be intimidating, Cobb Personal Injury is set up to ensure that you get the tailored care, answers, and support you need as a new client.
We work especially closely with physicians to ensure you get quality, tailored medical help. We make sure that you are recommended to a doctor who is conveniently located and has ample experience with your type of injury. We’ll also ensure that your appointments with these doctors are scheduled at times that work well for you, lessening the burden on you and your family.
Our firm also handles every part of your claim from start to finish. We’ll handle all communications with insurance companies to make the process less stressful for you as a client. Personal care and attention are the cornerstones of our approach, meaning that you’ll be working with attorney Gregory Chancy and his three paralegals exclusively. You won’t be passed from lawyer to lawyer, and you’ll have Mr. Chancy’s phone number to call at your convenience.
If you have questions or concerns as your case progresses, simply reach out. We’ll be here to answer your questions, guide you, advocate for you, and make the legal process simpler and more comfortable at each step.
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