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Auto Accidents in Georgia

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

Georgia Wrongful Death Attorney

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

Brain Injury Attorney for Georgia Residents

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

Workers' Compensation Attorney in Georgia

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

Medical Malpractice Attorney in Georgia

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

General

• 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
• What is "Frivolous" about this?
• Yellow Labrador Bites Woman's Attacker in Lawrenceville Park
• 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
• Insurers Deny Reality as Well as Claims
• A Company With a Conscience
• Tort Reformers and Lawsuits: Guess Who is on the List?
• Insurance Companies Systematically Overcharging Consumers

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Brain Injury Attorney for Georgia Residents

About a million Americans get treatment for a head injury in a hospital emergency room each year. More than a quarter of them are diagnosed with a moderate to severe brain injury, and 70,000 Americans die each year from a head injury, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Medical and indirect expenses from such injuries cost the country more than $48 billion annually. Between 2.5 and 6.5 million Americans have survived a traumatic brain injury.

About half of all such injuries result from transportation accidents involving automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. A second major category involves falls by people 75 years or older. Brain damage also can result when theflow of oxygen to the brain is diminished, as can occur in a near drowning or when the heart stops pumping because of a heart attack.

The injuries can be catastrophic even if the victim survives. A person can continue to exist for years in a persistent vegetative state or with such physical and mental impairment that they require intensive care for the rest of their lives. The injuries also may take the form of obviously reduced mental capacity or difficulty in walking or other motor skills.

Other brain injuries are more subtle, but they can be devastating to the victim and his family. The mental edge that helped make someone an excellent teacher, salesman or mechanic disappears. The sunny personality vanishes behind a cloud of depression, aggression or socially inappropriate behavior.

At the Dover Law Firm, we’re familiar with all types of brain injuries. We know how to get behind the medical jargon and understand the true nature of the injury. Just as important, we’re adept at establishing liability when the injury is a result of someone else’s negligence, such as a driver who ran a stop sign or a physician who failed to order tests that could have resulted in prompt and effective treatment.

We’re especially skilled in winning full compensation for what is often called mild traumatic brain injury—the type that doesn’t always show up clearly in CT scans or other definitive tests. Casual acquaintances might not be aware of the sometimes subtle changes in intellect and personality. Even the victim might be reluctant to acknowledge and recognize his new limitations.

However, family members and employers or co-workers see that the mental sharpness has dulled, that testiness has replaced an even disposition. We work with those close acquaintances so we can develop a full picture for a jury about those limitations. And we’re familiar with mental health professionals who can explain how that excellent teacher or mechanic will be just ordinary and experience the frustration of not being able to meet their former standards. Those professionals can describe how victims will no longer be able to progress in careers, but be stuck in the same position—if they can perform at even that level. Rehabilitation experts can testify about the likelihood and cost of restoring victims to their former lives, and vocational and financial experts can describe the economic impact in terms of lost wages and the long-term cost of care.

These cases are among the most challenging that lawyers face because of the specialized knowledge that they require. Call the Dover Law Firm so that we can apply that knowledge to your case.

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• "Taking One For The Team" is a Recipe For Disaster   
  Description: 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.

Frequent Questions for Brain Injury Attorney for Georgia Residents:

• What should I do in case I have experienced a brain injury?
• What are the signs and symptoms of a traumatic brain injury and when can I recover damages?
• What is considered a traumatic brain injury?
• When can I claim compensation in case of suffering from a traumatic brain injury?
• What are traumatic brain injuries?
• My medical bills have overwhelmed my budget even though the injury was someone else’s fault. What can I do?

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