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• Brain Injury
• Brain Injury Statistics
• 6-Year-Old Girl Killed In Accident
• Parents Arrested for Child Cruelty
• Boy Hit By Truck and Left in Street
• Three Fires in Five Months Is Blemish on Gwinnett County Bus Line
• 'Tort reform' gets a frontal assault
• WR Grad Dies After Crash
• Couple Convicted in NY Slavery Case
• California Wins Rights to Regulate Vehicles' Emissions

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Auto Accidents in Georgia

• Insurance Company Contact Information
• Low Ball Settlements are Now Automated
• The Safest Cars of 2007: Not Made in America
• Your Claim Has Been Denied: Now What?
• Lack of Sleep in Big Rig Drivers can be Deadly
• A summary of Georgia's Child Seatbelt Laws
• How to Prevent Airbag Injuries in Children and Infants
• Subprime Crisis Could Lead to Higher Insurance Rates
• Safety is Sometimes "Optional"
• Texting While Driving is Not Safe
• Distraction is Officially More Dangerous Than Drinking
• International Paper Learns Cell Phones and Cars Don't Mix
• Insurance Company Secrets Laid Bare
• Don't Leave Your Settlement Up to the Adjuster
• Truck Accidents: What You Need to Know
• Knowledge is Power: Insurance Policy Glossary
• Federal Legislation is Calling for All Vehicles to Have Electronic Stability Control
• How to Read Your Car Insurance Policy
• Auto Accidents: An Overview
• Factors that help Determine a Driver's Negligence
• The Dangers of Impaired Driving
• The Dover Law Firm Aggressively Pursues Your Case
• What to do After a Car Crash
• Car Accident Checklist: Ten Steps to Take Should You Have an Accident
• Games Insurers Play: Insurance Company Methods That Cost You Money

Georgia Wrongful Death Attorney

• A woman who had consumed raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico died from a Vibrio vulfificus infection.
• Consumer Market Spikes Sales of TASER Electroshock Weapons
• Salmonella Death Led to Wrongful-Death Suit Against Winn-Dixie
• Because her child was "fussy," a mother strapped her child into a car seat overnight. The next morning, the baby had strangled itself.

Brain Injury Attorney for Georgia Residents

• "Taking One For The Team" is a Recipe For Disaster

Workers' Compensation Attorney in Georgia

• Filing a Workers' Comp Claim? It Pays to be Organized.
• Construction Site Confessions: An Interview With A Project Manager
• Job Site Accidents Seem to be Repeating Themselves
• Crucial Reading on Workers' Compensation
• California Company Sued by State for Illegal Worker's Compensation Practices

Medical Malpractice Attorney in Georgia

• The Tragedy of Hospital Infections
• The Richest Poor People On Earth
• Medical Malpractice Suit Filed After Woman Died on Hospital ER Floor
• It's Never Just Between "You and Your Doctor"
• Unforgivable Medical Errors
• Charging for Mistakes: Medical Errors and the Billing System
• Prescription Error via Bad Packaging: The Quaid Twins
• He's Not A Doctor, But He Plays One on TV: The Record of Dr. Jan Adams
• Medtronic Halts Sales of Defibrillator Wires
• After their child was born with Cerebral Palsy, a New England mother and father sued two obstetricians and won $26.5 million in court.
• Site Allows Patients to Store Health Information Online
• One Possible Cause of Medical Malpractice: 30 Hour Work Days
• Norovirus: New Danger for Nursing Homes and Hospitals

General

• Medication Errors
• Facing $120 million in debt, Grady Hospital is fast-exploring funding options, including transferring operations of its 953-bed facility to a private corporation
• Latest Drunk Driving Statistics: Bad News for Georgia
• CLUE: An Insurance Database That Could Hurt You
• Millions for Art, Fifty Cents on the Dollar for Your Bumper: The Progressive Insurance Art Collection
• Yellow Labrador Bites Woman's Attacker in Lawrenceville Park
• Tort Reformers and Lawsuits: Guess Who is on the List?
• Insurance Companies Systematically Overcharging Consumers
• A Company With a Conscience
• Insurers Deny Reality as Well as Claims
• Keep an Eye On Washington State
• Cutting Costs, Increasing Profits: Insurance Company Economics
• Hurricane Katrina and California Fires: Similarities and Differences
• Tips on Filing a Claim: Do Your Homework and Keep Track of EVERYTHING
• What is "Frivolous" about this?

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The documents below are available to the public so that they can gain a better understanding of the legal challenges facing them, and why an experienced attorney is so important for success.

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• Auto Accidents in Georgia
• Georgia Wrongful Death Attorney
• Brain Injury Attorney for Georgia Residents
• Workers' Compensation Attorney in Georgia
• Medical Malpractice Attorney in Georgia
• General

Auto Accidents in Georgia

• Insurance Company Contact Information
  Insurance companies don't make themselves easy to get ahold of, especially if they owe you money.
  
  The Dover Law Firm would like to make it a little easier by providing you with the numbers for the claims departments of every insurer operating in America.
• Low Ball Settlements are Now Automated
  Computer software has many positive applications, but figuring out how to give artificially low settlements to crash victims isn't one of them.
• The Safest Cars of 2007: Not Made in America
  A list of the safest cars of 2007 doesn't include any American made cars.
• Your Claim Has Been Denied: Now What?
  Believe it or not, you have legal options if your insurance company denies your claim. The attorneys at the Georgia-based Dover Law Firm would like to explain them to you.
• Lack of Sleep in Big Rig Drivers can be Deadly
  The long hours that truck drivers are forced to work can create a dangerous, even deadly, situation for Georgia drivers.
• A summary of Georgia's Child Seatbelt Laws
  Child safety seats can be lifesavers in a car accident. In Georgia, all children under the age of 16 must be belted and all children under 80 pounds must be in a safety seat.
• How to Prevent Airbag Injuries in Children and Infants
  Airbags can be lifesavers in car accidents. However, safety precautions must be taken in the cases of children and infants. Here is a guide to protecting your family from airbag injuries.
• Subprime Crisis Could Lead to Higher Insurance Rates
  If you think that the subprime crisis won't effect you, wait until you get your insurance bill in the mail.
• Safety is Sometimes "Optional"
  Safety features in cars aren't always part of the package. In fact, some safe cars have their ratings drop dramatically when they are tested without "optional" safety features.
• Texting While Driving is Not Safe
  Texting while driving can lead to real accidents and real tragedies.
• Distraction is Officially More Dangerous Than Drinking
  Distracted driving is now officially more dangerous on America's roads than drunk driving.
• International Paper Learns Cell Phones and Cars Don't Mix
  An International Paper employee was using a company cell phone while speeding. The result was that an innocent woman lost an arm.
• Insurance Company Secrets Laid Bare
  Allstate Insurance is paying $25,000 a day to keep some incriminating documents go public.
• Don't Leave Your Settlement Up to the Adjuster
  An insurance adjuster has one job: to get you to settle for as little money as possible.
• Truck Accidents: What You Need to Know
  A collision with a truck is infinitely more dangerous than a collision with a car. To find out what you need to know about car accidents in Georgia, contact our offices for a free legal consultation today.
• Knowledge is Power: Insurance Policy Glossary
  The best way to avoid complications in the event that you have to file a claim is to know your policy inside and out.
• Federal Legislation is Calling for All Vehicles to Have Electronic Stability Control
  The federal government is requiring all vehicles to be equipped with anti-rollover technology by 2012. This technology may save as many as 10,000 lives a year.
• How to Read Your Car Insurance Policy
  The Dover Law Firm presents this primer, which will help you understand your Georgia car insurance policy.
• Auto Accidents: An Overview
  Auto accidents are an unfortunate part of American life. Georgia accident attorneys at the Dover Law Firm provide an overview of car crashes in America.
• Factors that help Determine a Driver's Negligence
  The Dover Law Firm presents a list of factors that courts consider when making a finding of negligence in auto accidents.
• The Dangers of Impaired Driving
  Impaired drivers can be deadly on America's roads. The Dover Law Firm represents injured individuals and families who have lost loved ones to drunk drivers in civil lawsuits.
• The Dover Law Firm Aggressively Pursues Your Case
  The Dover Law Firm aggressively pursues all driver negligence claims. We work with accident reconstructionists and biomechanical engineers to demonstrate that your serious injuries were not due to your own negligence.
• What to do After a Car Crash
  The Dover Law Firm provides a list of things to remember to do if you are involved in an auto accident.
• Car Accident Checklist: Ten Steps to Take Should You Have an Accident
  The Dover Law Firm is pleased to present a list of ten essential steps to take if you should find yourself in a car acccident. Feel free to print it and carry it in your glove compartment.
• Games Insurers Play: Insurance Company Methods That Cost You Money
  Insurance companies have quite a few standard methods that they use to maintain their profit margins, and most of them are designed to cost you money.

Georgia Wrongful Death Attorney

• A woman who had consumed raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico died from a Vibrio vulfificus infection.
• Consumer Market Spikes Sales of TASER Electroshock Weapons
• Salmonella Death Led to Wrongful-Death Suit Against Winn-Dixie
• Because her child was "fussy," a mother strapped her child into a car seat overnight. The next morning, the baby had strangled itself.

Brain Injury Attorney for Georgia Residents

• "Taking One For The Team" is a Recipe For Disaster
  While organized sports are certainly a good thing, "playing with pain" is certainly not. Playing with a concussion can cause serious brain injury, and even death.

Workers' Compensation Attorney in Georgia

• Filing a Workers' Comp Claim? It Pays to be Organized.
  Workers' Compensation cases are serious business, and should not be taken lightly.
• Construction Site Confessions: An Interview With A Project Manager
  Workers' compensation laws are getting so bad that employers aren't even bothering to file claims.
• Job Site Accidents Seem to be Repeating Themselves
  A list of some of the more common construction accidents put together by Georgia workers compensation attorneys.
• Crucial Reading on Workers' Compensation [PDF]
  The Center for Justice and Democracy has released a paper that sheds new light on the deficiencies of the current system in place for injured workers.
  
  You can read it here.
• California Company Sued by State for Illegal Worker's Compensation Practices

Medical Malpractice Attorney in Georgia

• The Tragedy of Hospital Infections
  Hospital infections are killing more people in this country than AIDS. The Center for Disease Control has made recommendations that won't change those numbers at all.
• The Richest Poor People On Earth
  Malpractice Insurance companies make the most noise about "frivolous lawsuits."
• Medical Malpractice Suit Filed After Woman Died on Hospital ER Floor
• It's Never Just Between "You and Your Doctor"
  Those who are against health care reform usually say "We want to keep health care between you and your doctor, not between you and some government agency."
  
  They seem to be forgetting that it's between you, your doctor, and an insurance company. And that's exactly whats wrong with health care today.
• Unforgivable Medical Errors
  The Dover Law Firm of Atlanta brings you a list of medical errors that should never happen.
• Charging for Mistakes: Medical Errors and the Billing System
  Doctors and hospitals seem to think it perfectly acceptable to charge you for preventable medical errors, even if the error results in death.
• Prescription Error via Bad Packaging: The Quaid Twins
  Dennis Quaid is lucky to still have his newborn twins. A presctiption error that was the result of bad packaging caused them to be overdosed with a blood thinning drug.
• He's Not A Doctor, But He Plays One on TV: The Record of Dr. Jan Adams
  Dr. Jan Adams has enjoyed quite a few years of Hollywood celebrity thanks to his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. But nobody was looking at his history as a doctor.
• Medtronic Halts Sales of Defibrillator Wires
  Medtronic, a medical technology company, has stopped the distribution of wires that are connected to defibrillators after a series of deaths.
• After their child was born with Cerebral Palsy, a New England mother and father sued two obstetricians and won $26.5 million in court.
• Site Allows Patients to Store Health Information Online
  Microsoft's HealthVault allows patients to store their health information online in a free, secure manner. This may help physicians to make quicker, more accurate decisions regarding treatment.
• One Possible Cause of Medical Malpractice: 30 Hour Work Days
  While every other profession where lives are at stake makes sleep mandatory, doctors are expected to go thirty hours at a time with hardly any sleep at all.
• Norovirus: New Danger for Nursing Homes and Hospitals
  A new bug is making the rounds of hospitals, cruise ships and nursing homes.
  
  It is transmitted fairly easily, and as of right now the effects are mild. But for how long can we count on the illness remaining that way?

General

• Medication Errors [PDF]
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• Facing $120 million in debt, Grady Hospital is fast-exploring funding options, including transferring operations of its 953-bed facility to a private corporation
• Latest Drunk Driving Statistics: Bad News for Georgia
  The new statistics for drunk driving for Georgia are out, and the news isn't good.
• CLUE: An Insurance Database That Could Hurt You
  Have you ever heard of CLUE? If you haven't, you should. It's an insurance database that could kill your chances of insuring your home.
• Millions for Art, Fifty Cents on the Dollar for Your Bumper: The Progressive Insurance Art Collection
  Why is it that Progressive Insurance is willing to spend so much on American Art and so little on customer claims?
• Yellow Labrador Bites Woman's Attacker in Lawrenceville Park
• Tort Reformers and Lawsuits: Guess Who is on the List?
  It's amazing how many high profile tort reform activists have high dollar lawsuits in their past.
• Insurance Companies Systematically Overcharging Consumers [PDF]
  The property/casualty insurance industry is systematically overcharging consumers leading to record profits, according to the
  Consumer Federation of America (CFA).
• A Company With a Conscience
  Every now and then, a company that puts out a bad product does the right thing instead of simply circling the wagons. RC2 is one of them.
• Insurers Deny Reality as Well as Claims
  Imagine the uproar if all the insurers that had policies out on the titanic refused to pay the claims, and refused to do so on the grounds that since the ship had been pronounced “unsinkable,” they didn’t believe the ship had actually sunk?
• Keep an Eye On Washington State
  Washington State has finally stood up and demanded fair treatment from the insurance companies that do business within their borders.
• Cutting Costs, Increasing Profits: Insurance Company Economics
  Big Insurance Companies maximize profits by minimizing their customer service.
• Hurricane Katrina and California Fires: Similarities and Differences
  There were a few similarities between Hurricane Katrina and the fires that hit San Diego.
• Tips on Filing a Claim: Do Your Homework and Keep Track of EVERYTHING
  Following these simple steps could keep you from getting taken advantage of by insurance companies.
• What is "Frivolous" about this?
  Anyone who thinks most lawsuits are "Frivolous" hasn't been through one.

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