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Conspiracy to Commit Felony or Injury Lawsuit? Saints’ NFL Bounty Scandal

Update of the story that has been in the news of late about the bounty placed on opposing teams’ players. The story is quite interesting and infuriating at the same time.
It is being reported that the New Orleans Saints were up to no good. Now, this is football, so there is a sliding scale here. But, the story is pretty juicy. Allegedly, the Saints were paying players to go out and try to injure certain players. I guess that scandal is the paying part. Their job is to hit people really hard, so the controversy is the money part.
Between $1000 and $1500 [...]

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October Legal News

Eddie Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church & Breach of Confidentiality Agreement
What are we doing talking about the court settlement between Eddie Long and the young boys who alleged sexual molestation against the pastor? According to Eddie Long’s lawyers at Drew Echel, Eddie wants his money back. You heard me right. He wants his money back from three of five kids that he allegedly raped/molested or whatever you want to call it. Whatever happened to the criminal charges against him? Wait, where there any ever filed? I don’t remember, but …. let us get back to getting poor old [...]

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Fractures & Personal Injury Claims

As an Atlanta, Georgia personal injury attorney, fractures caused by car accidents are a common occurrence. This legal article will cover some of the types of fracturesthat result from personal injury accidents. Please remember that if you have been injured by another to speak with an attorney. Even if you decide not to use an attorney or the one you spoke with, speaking to an attorney will put you in a better position financially.
Arm Fractures After a Wreck
Having an arm fractured is a very common injury after a car accident or other type of personal injury. An injury to [...]

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Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty and Guilty

July 5th, 2011
Casey Anthony’s verdict just came. She is not guilty.
She has been on trial for a long time now.
That comes to an end today.
If she is found guilty, there will be another

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Personal Injury Demand Letters

Hello, today were going to discuss the topic of writing a successful personal injury demand letters in Georgia to the insurance company after an accident. This is integral to being a personal injury attorney and in the broader sense, settling a personal injury claim. A personal injury demand letter is a letter to the insurance company offering to settle the case in full. And, that’s the purpose of the letter is to get to the finale of being done the case. So, what goes into a personal-injury letter?
Writing Georgia Personal Injury Demand Letters
In previous articles we’ve discussed the liability that [...]

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Settlement or Trial of a Personal Injury Insurance Claim

One reason that you might have to file a car accident lawsuit in Georgia is because of the failure to come to an agreeable settlement. The insurance company thinks they know the value of the case to them. It is based upon their experience handling similar claims and how similar claims have been handled in the jurisdiction in which the case would be tried if it had to go to court. On the other hand your Georgia personal injury lawyer has their own view on the value of your case, as do you. It is the job of the attorney [...]

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Back Injury Settlements in Georgia

My Back Hurts!

As an attorney people often ask what is the value of the back injury in a car accident settlement. That is an impossible question to answer. There are so many different questions that have to be answered fully understand the value of your case or how much the settlement is worth. For instance, did you seek medical attention right after the accident? Did you follow up with your primary care doctor after the emergency room? Or did you follow-up with a specialist or follow the recommendations of the emergency room’s physician? Were there x-rays or CT scans performed? [...]

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Auto Accident Settlement Tip #2

This is the second post in a string of completely wonderful legal articles. What an honor for all of us, really. Alright, fun aside, let us get to the topic of the day from the Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer, Joseph P. McClelland. Today’s topic is another auto accident settlement tip that you can use to help yourself or help your attorney help you. Of course, if you were injured in Georgia, why try to handle your own personal injury case? It is not smart, but with a plaintiff’s attorney’s help, you will be fine.
The second tip in how to increase [...]

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Increase the Value of Your Personal Injury Case: Part One

This will be part one in a series of posts on how to increase your personal injury settlement in Georgia. I hope these posts will be equally helpful to practioners and clients of those attorneys, whoever they may be. Of course, my mother would say that you should use her son as a personal injury attorney, but I will leave that up to you. Well, let us start with a pretty easy step to increase the value of your car accident settlement.
The first tip to increase the value of your case is to get the proper medical treatment. Now, I know [...]

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Policy Limits Settlements

Today’s article is about policy limits and settling a personal injury case for the policy limit. The take away from this article is twofold. The first part is about the limitations with regards to certain settlements. This is important because even if you have a significant injury, there might not be enough insurance proceeds to properly compensate you for your damages.
The second part that we will discuss is about the sad times when the insurance policy cannot provide complete compensation for the amount of injuries that occurred because of the driver’s negligence. So now let’s turn into a case that [...]

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