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Sugar Hill Personal Injury Lawyer

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    When another person negligently injures you, the damages and expenses you experience can be significant. When this occurs, you need attorneys who understand your case and how to recover the compensation you need.

    Our law firm has years of practice representing countless injury victims in a wide range of accidents. If you were injured in a car accident, we can help file a claim against the negligent driver and other parties involved, like the driver’s employer, if they were working when they injured you. We can also help hold negligent property owners accountable for accidents on their premises or manufacturers if a defective product caused your harm. Our team will move quickly to get evidence to submit with your complaint and file it before the two-year statute of limitations passes so you get the compensation you need to recover.

    Contact Rice, Murtha & Psoras at (470) 287-3070 for a free claim assessment with our Atlanta personal injury lawyers.

    How Personal Injuries Happen and Who Can Be Held Responsible in Sugar Hill, GA

    When someone is injured in an accident, a party is usually to blame. Our personal injury attorneys’ experience can make a major difference in determining the particulars of how the accident occurred and who should ultimately be held responsible. Whether you were injured in a vehicle accident, a slip and fall, or by a careless healthcare professional, we can help prove your claim.  Even a minor accident can be fraught with complexities, and insurance companies love nothing more than saving their bottom line by denying you what you should be paid. The following are the types of cases we support clients in every day:

    Vehicle Collisions

    Vehicle accidents are one of the most common reasons for filing a lawsuit. Distracted driving is a chief culprit these days, with so many people using their phones while driving. Many other accidents, like speeding and running traffic signals, are caused in the same old ways. Our team can gather evidence to prove the driver’s negligence, including police reports, dashcam footage, and even phone records.

    Accidents involving commercial drivers can present added difficulties but can also provide more opportunities to recover compensation. Many commercial drivers and their employers are held to the “vicarious liability” standard, which makes employers responsible for negligent accidents caused by their employees. For example, we can sue a truck driver who violates driving hour regulations and the trucking company even if the trucking company did nothing to push the driver to log more hours. In such cases, we can collect the driver’s log and black box data, which can tell us how long they were on the road and how fast they were going when the crash occurred.

    Slip and Falls

    Negligent property owners should be held liable for slip and fall accidents on their premises. Perhaps you were injured in someone’s home or apartment building because of faulty stairs they neglected to fix or warn you about.

    Or, you might have slipped in a spill while shopping or at a restaurant because an employee ignored it or cleaned it but failed to put up a wet floor sign. You might not know the specific employee responsible, but that is okay since the business owner is ultimately liable for the conditions on the property. This includes making routine inspections for possible hazards. We should file your claim quickly so we can order the property owner to preserve any surveillance footage of the accident.

    Defective Products

    If a defective product injures you, we can either file a claim against the designer or manufacturer, depending on the problem with the product.

    In some cases, a product is so poorly designed that each model that comes off the shelves is defective in the same way. For example, models of a negligently designed vehicle should be recalled by the maker, but it might not do so before you are injured or actively try to cover up their mistake.

    Perhaps other versions of the product work as intended, but yours was assembled with parts that did not meet the design specifications or lacked warning labels to operate it properly. Our team can also determine whether the product’s retailer bears some responsibility for your damages.

    Medical Malpractice

    Perhaps you were injured while getting medical care. Unfortunately, not every healthcare professional takes their obligations to their patients seriously. A surgeon might rush through a procedure and fail to account for a tool left in the patient. A nurse could forget to administer medications when required or administer too much or the wrong kind. More commonly, doctors misdiagnose patients because they do not perform the necessary tests that other doctors would have conducted. The hospital might even be liable if the sanitary conditions of the building contributed to your injuries.

    The Time Limit You Are Given to File a Personal Injury Claim in Sugar Hill, GA

    The law imposes a strict limitations period on injury victims to file their claims, which is just two years from when they are injured, according to O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33. After the two-year window closes, victims will have no legal recourse to recover compensation.

    While this seems harsh, the intention is to give both sides the opportunity to have the best evidence available to make their case. It is also in the interest of fairness, as people should not have to wait years for a case to be filed against them. If a victim of another’s negligence has legitimate damages, common sense dictates that they want compensation as soon as possible.

    Fortunately, the law also recognizes situations where fairness should swing in the plaintiff’s direction. If the defendant does not live in the state or fled to escape justice, § 9-3-94 states that time will not count against you. Minors and individuals with disabilities also have more time to file under § 9-3-90(b), which is two years from the date the disability is removed.

    Call Our Sugar Hill, GA Personal Injury Attorneys for Help Filing Your Lawsuit Today

    For a free case evaluation with our personal injury lawyers, call Rice, Murtha & Psoras at (470) 287-3070.