Georgia Car Accident Lawyers Available to Review Auto Accident Claims from Injury Victims

February 17, 2011 ) Atlanta, Georgia The Georgia auto accident attorneys at Morgan and Morgan are pleased to announce that their Atlanta Injury Lawyers website is offering a free online case evaluation to drivers, passengers and pedestrians who were injured in a car crash. This online case review is being provided at no cost to help motor vehicle accident victims determine whether they have legal recourse following a car crash in Georgia. Car accident law in Georgia sets a time limit for filing auto injury claims, so do not hesitate to visit http://www.atlantainjurylawyers.com/car-accident-lawyers--2-660.html today to take advantage of this free, no obligation case review.

According to Georgia auto accident law, when a driver operates a vehicle in a negligent or reckless manner, those injured as a result may have the option of filing an auto accident lawsuit. In a car accident case, the injured party seeks compensation from the negligent party for losses resulting from their motor vehicle crash. In general, the plaintiff in a car accident lawsuit may be eligible to collect compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering and lost wages. Compensation for mental anguish and a loss of earning capacity may also be available, depending on the details of the victim's auto accident claim and the extent of their car accident injuries.

The car accident lawyers at Morgan and Morgan are dedicated to seeking maximum compensation on behalf of those injured in car crashes and have produced a number of substantial results, including a $7.5 million auto accident settlement for a brain injury victim. If you have been injured in a car crash in Atlanta or the surrounding area, the Georgia car accident lawyers at Morgan and Morgan would like to hear from you. Simply visit AtlantaInjuryLawyers.com and complete the free case evaluation form. This online legal consultation is being provided at no cost and can help determine your eligibility for a Georgia car accident lawsuit.

About Morgan and Morgan

Morgan and Morgan is one of the largest Personal Injury law firms in the country with multiple office locations throughout the Southeast, including Atlanta, Georgia. The firm handles auto accident cases, personal injury cases, and medical malpractice cases, as well as claims against drug and medical device manufacturers. Visit Morgan and Morgan online at http://www.atlantainjurylawyers.com for a free case evaluation and information about your legal rights.

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Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer Cites Back Injuries as Common in Truck Accidents

"By far, the most common injury in a truck accident is a back injury. They have the potential to be catastrophic, since the back is our major foundation and any injury to the spinal cord may turn out to be devastating. In particular, spinal injuries and herniated discs are injuries that can alter a person's life for good," said Stephen M. Ozcomert, who handles personal injury cases, accidents, and malpractice law in Atlanta, Georgia.

The back is what holds people up, their foundation. It is vital to one's overall health and physical wellness. As many people with back injuries can attest, back problems usually lead to other health issues. This is why injury to the spine is considered to be one of the worst things anyone can sustain. Without back mobility, the rest of the body just does not cooperate.

"Many people will recall Christopher Reeve, thrown from a horse during a competition, and rendered a quadriplegic for the rest of his life," Ozcomert said.

The thing most people do not realize is that it does not take a lot of force to cause serious back or spinal cord injuries. The unfortunate thing is that someone may sustain a herniated disc by inadvertently twisting too fast. One can well imagine how much injury could be caused by an 18-wheeler slamming into a car or motorcycle.

Typically, back or spinal cord injuries incurred due to a trucking wreck are life altering. The person who survives will have a major uphill battle to live any kind of a normal life afterwards. "The seriousness of the injuries is factored into any award the jury may hand down when the trial is concluded," Ozcomert said.

The precipitating factor in many 18-wheeler back or spinal injuries has to do with the force of the collision, which is also most often from behind. The powerful impact slams the driver back and forth, like a whip, which generally results in back injuries. Add in the force of a truck smacking into a car and the results range from devastating to disastrous.

For those who have been in a wreck with an 18-wheeler and have sustained back or spinal cord injuries, seek the assistance of seasoned legal counsel to ensure you get appropriate compensation for your injuries and your pain, anguish and mental suffering. You may need care for the rest of your life. A qualified and experienced personal injury lawyer will get you that compensation," Ozcomert said.

Georgia Civil Law Statutes Protect Personal Injury Victims

Atlanta, GA (Law Firm Newswire) February 2, 2011 – Many states, including Georgia, have civil law statutes that protect individuals injured as a result of someone else's negligence in a car accident or hurt as a result of someone's failure to act to remedy a dangerous situation on their premises.

"Just because there are laws on the books that protect people in certain situations, does not automatically mean the situation they find themselves in will come under the umbrella of that particular law. It is only through consulting with an experienced lawyer that people will be able to understand what their rights are, how a case is put together and what they may expect, if they have a case and it goes to court," said Robert Webb, an Atlanta personal injury attorney with Webb & D'Orazio in Georgia.

Car wrecks are the leading personal injury cases that injury lawyers deal with frequently. It is not hard to guess why that happens to be the case, as those involved in a wreck are often quite seriously hurt by another's negligence.

The laws in most states are designed to see to it that the victim(s) are able to pay medical bills and deal with the financial fallout of repairing or replacing their vehicle. This sounds idyllic in theory, but the fly in the ointment is the insurance company.

An insurance company's sole reason for being is to make money insuring others. To that end, because they take the risks, they want to keep their bottom dollar paid out as low as possible. This means people involved in car wrecks often find themselves in the midst of a dispute over the seriousness of their injuries. This is where a personal injury lawyer makes a difference to their claims.
Insurance companies wanting to diminish or deny accident injury claims is nothing new. However, when someone has been injured, they expect they will get good treatment from their insurer. "That isn't always the case, and in fact, without a lawyer on your side, sticking up for you and your 'legal' rights, you may just get run over and short-changed," Webb said.

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If you have been wrongfully physically or emotionally injured by the acts of someone else, you may be entitled to compensation. Compensation can be sought for personal injuries caused by negligence for any pain and suffering, permanent injuries, disabilities, medical bills, and even death. In the case of a death within a family, surviving family members can recover damages through wrongful death laws and litigation. An experienced Atlanta personal injury lawyer can help you understand what your case may be worth and how you should proceed.More on Personal Injury.

Georgia Car Accident Lawyers

The Angell Law Firm represents Georgia car accident victims who have been seriously injured in car, truck, motorcycle and pedestrian accidents. Our Atlanta car accident attorneys are experienced in handling all types of accidents involving serious injury and know what it takes to get you the justice you deserve. If you are looking for an Atlanta car accident lawyer, our offices are right downtown and convenient. If you need a car accident attorney in Georgia, no matter where you are, we are there.

Hiring a Georgia car accident attorney can be overwhelming, or it can be easy. When you call the Angell Law Firm you will speak with a Georgia car accident attorney that knows exactly what you are going through and how to make things right. We never work for the insurance companies, we work for everyday Georgia car accident victims and their families. Call (770) 217-4954 now before you talk to the insurance adjuster. More on Car Accidents.

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All types of Georgia personal injury cases, handled by experienced Atlanta personal injury attorneys. Our motor vehicle accident team can help you with your car accident, truck accident, or motorcycle accident. If you have been injured by an automobile as a pedistrian or on a bicycle orattacked by a dog, we can also help.

If you or a loved one has suffered a catastrophic injury or wrongful death due to someone else's negligence, we can help your family recieve the justice you deserve. If you have been injured on the job or in a slip and fall accident in a commercial or public location, call us now.

Fluoridegate: Fluoride Spots On Teeth The Tip Of The Iceberg

Decades of assurances that consuming fluoride in drinking water is a safe and an effective way to prevent cavities are being called into question as a jarring Fluoridegate controversy erupts across the nation.

A series of disclosures are surfacing about the actions of water fluoridation promoters that point to a likely tsunami of Fluoridegate investigations, hearings, and explosive courtroom entanglements.

Tennessee state legislator Frank Niceley states, "There is a real Fluoridegate scandal here. Citizens haven't been told about harm from fluorides, and this needs to be investigated by the authorities and the media."

Washington D.C. toxic tort attorney Chris Nidel says, "I think when we look back we'll ask why Fluoridegate didn't surface earlier. There are serious concerns about possible conflict of interest and heavy editing of information being fed to the public about fluoride risks and impacts."

On January 7, 2011 officials at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services recommended lowering the amount of fluoride in drinking water.

Health officials stated that their recommendation was simply a fine-tuning of fluoride levels to prevent a largely unnoticeable teeth staining called "dental fluorosis." But information now being shown to law firms, legislators, and investigative journalists affirms that the tooth staining is often disfiguring, that fluorides pose multiple other risks, and that questions about conflict of interest, undue influence and improper actions warrant investigation.

Americans are surprised to learn that the Centers for Disease Control's Oral Health Division is in charge of making assessments and statements for CDC about outside-the-mouth fluoride safety and research.

The apparent conflict of interest is drawing fire from several angles.

"This is clearly the fox guarding the henhouse," states Daniel G. Stockin about the CDC. Stockin is a career public health professional and former manager of the EPA Western Regional Lead Training Center. He works at The Lillie Center, a small firm in Georgia known for its efforts toward ending fluoridation.

"A number of groups, law firms, and journalists now want the names and job descriptions of persons inside CDC, both now and previously, that have been responsible for CDC's promotion of water fluoridation," Stockin says.

Other key issues are surfacing: Was improper influence by dental groups the reason CDC did not issue a press release four years ago about risks related to baby formula and fluoride? At the time, CDC quietly admitted on a little-noticed web page that because of possible dental fluorosis, parents may want to mix infant milk formula with unfluoridated water.

The Gerber baby products company now sells an unfluoridated water so parents of babies can avoid using fluoridated water for mixing milk formula.

Additional explosive questions offer to ignite investigative hearings: Why did CDC not openly share with the black community CDC's own data showing black Americans to be disproportionately harmed by the worst forms of dental fluorosis? Who is to pay for expensive teeth repair for persons unwilling to live with disfiguring dental fluorosis?

Long-awaited Delray Marketplace could see groundbreaking in spring

Residents living west of Delray Beach might soon have another shopping venue, a further sign of life for the beleaguered retail industry.

Word is that a groundbreaking could take place this spring for the long-awaited Delray Marketplace. The 300,000-square-foot project will be at the corner of West Atlantic Avenue and Lyons Road, near Florida's Turnpike.

That site soon will be considered Main & Main for residents living west of Delray Beach: Lyons Road is being extended south to Atlantic from Boynton Beach Boulevard, and Atlantic Avenue is being widened.

The project's developer, Kite Realty of Indianapolis, last week was not yet ready to dish on the project's latest details. But Burt Rapoport, a prominent restaurateur planning to go into the site, said he's been told a groundbreaking is set for April, with the center expected to be complete in the summer of 2012.

Among the new tenants slated to go in: Chico's, the Fort Myers-based women's clothing store. A company spokeswoman last week confirmed a lease has been signed.

Other tenants that have been announced are movie-theater company Frank Theatres of Jupiter, a Publix supermarket and a second location of Max's Grille, the popular Boca Raton-based eatery partly owned by Rapoport.

Chico's likes locations with strong demographics, such as wealthy residents, and the Delray Marketplace fits the bill, surrounded as it is by luxury country club communities. (Chico's has seven other locations in Palm Beach County, including a store on trendy East Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach.)

Word is other national tenants are being courted by Kite, including Oklahoma-based Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, which has locations in Delray Beach and at Boca's Mizner Park; and Devon Seafood, an upscale, casual seafood concept by the Houlihan's restaurant company, based in Leawood, Kan.

Rob Ellis, Houlihan's chief financial officer, said the company is seeking to expand, including possibly into South Florida. (Houlihan's has several restaurant concepts, including a steakhouse line.) While a Devon Seafood was discussed for the Delray Marketplace, no agreement has yet been reached, Ellis said.

The construction of the Delray Marketplace would be welcome news for area residents who have to travel some distance to shop or eat. More importantly, the commencement of the center would be another indicator that the economy finally is emerging from its commercial and retail slump.

The Delray Marketplace has been discussed for more than three years, with frequent but unrealized promises of openings. At one point, the shopping center was slated to be open by the end of 2008, and then the fall of 2010.

Complicating the project: Most national retailers weren't expanding during the recession, and Houlihan's Ellis said restaurant chains were no exception.

But sales at Houlihan's have improved during the past 12 months, and the company is ready to expand east of the Rocky Mountains, Ellis said. Devon Seafood has locations in Chicago, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Hershey, Pa., plus an Atlanta restaurant that goes by the name of Chequers Seafood.

• Newly sworn-in Gov. Rick Scott has pledged to rein in litigation against business as part of his mission to turn Florida around, calling out what he says are "excessive lawsuits that strangle job creation." He added that "predatory" lawyers shouldn't be allowed to "stalk" the business community.

But here in Palm Beach County, some of the state's most prominent personal injury and product liability lawyers aren't planning to adopt a low profile. Quite the contrary: They are ramping up.

The West Palm Beach-based Lytal, Reiter law firm, which last year saw its top stars defect to start their own firm, now has merged with another firm, Smith Ivey & Fronrath of Palm Beach Gardens.

There's a twist: The newly merged firm consists of lawyers who used to work at Lytal, Reiter as associates.

Now they return as mostly partners, bringing youthful energy and a future for the venerable Lytal, Reiter. (None of the lawyers coming aboard is older than 45.) "It makes our firm stronger, and it gives us the opportunity to be here a long time," said Lake "Trey" Lytal .

That's important for the future of Lytal, Reiter, because six of the firm's young stars left to start their own firm last September.

That group, Clark, Fountain, LaVista, Prather, Keen & Littky-Rubin, has set up shop on Flagler Drive. A sign now adorns their building at 1919 N. Flagler Drive and construction is under way on a large, 10,250-square foot office.

Atlanta Attorney Marc Howard to Address Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

ATLANTA, GA (AttorneyNewswire.com) — December 14, 2010 —  Atlanta trial attorney Marc Howard will address the holiday meeting of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) on December 10, 2010. Howard is chairman of the Civil Justice Political Action Committee (PAC) and will report on the activities of the PAC for the last election cycle.

Pope & Howard, P.C. is an Atlanta law firm specializing in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. Geoff Pope is the President-Elect of the GTLA and Marc Howard currently serves as Chair of the Civil Justice Political Action Committee of GTLA and is a member of GTLA's Executive Committee. Howard also serves on the Georgia State Bar Board of Governors, representing Atlanta Post 36.

The PAC is a bipartisan organization with the goal of supporting both Democrats and Republicans who support the civil justice system and the constitutional right to trial by jury. Howard steered the PAC through the last election cycle, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Georgia legislative candidates.

"We need legislators who support the right of the people to have their cases determined by juries," said Howard. "The Government should not substitute its judgment for that of citizens who have heard the facts of a case. We will stand behind candidates who stand up for the constitutional right to trial by jury, regardless of political party."

The lawyers at Pope & Howard have successfully tried and settled hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases. They are committed to serving and protecting Georgians' rights, and will continue providing high-end legal representation to individuals who suffer severe personal or financial injury due to the wrongful conduct of others.