Negligent Hiring and Retention is a serious topic. If you were hurt by an employee of a business, you may have additional claims that you are not aware of. As a Georgia Accident Attorney, I understand that the standard of care in a negligent hiring or retention lawsuit is if the employer knew or should have known the employee was not suited for the particular employment. See Kemp v. Rouse-Atlanta, Inc., 207 Ga. App. 876(1), 429 S.E.2d 274 (1993).
This does not mean that the employee has a criminal background, and the boss failed to check it out. Of course, if [...]
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Punitive Damages Lawyer in Georgia
Georgia Punitive Damages
Punitive damages are money damages to punish the other party. As an accident lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, I know this is important. Although the money would go to you or the victim, sometimes money may go to the state, the money is not to compensate you for your injuries. Those monies will be recovered in the first part of the trial. Remember, normal damages include medical bills, future medical bills, lost earnings or missed work, pain and suffering and future pain and suffering. Contact a Georgia punitive damages lawyer if punitive damages are a potential in your Atlanta [...]
Car Accident Mediation
This is an article about mediation from the Georgia Car Accident Lawyer. Think of a friendly, helpful judge that just wants to wrap things up and go home. However, that judge really wants you to feel like you made the decision to meet in the middle or at an acceptable position. Mediators, usually retired judges or accident attorneys, have seen auto accident cases like ours before. They probably litigated some. They have a good understanding of the issues of causation and damages, personalities, attorneys, the county where the case is held, and much more.
Mediation of an injury claim starts off [...]
Courthouse to Be Less Racist
Usually, these blog posts are about being a personal injury lawyer in Georgia, car accidents in Atlanta, Marietta, Decatur, McDonough, Macon, ect., but today is different. I will write about something that is not about personal injury attorney ideas and laws. A recent law related article got my attention and created the motivation to the write this article. As an Atlanta car injury lawyer, I know that courthouses are neutral places, and such behavior is an overt articulation of an imbalance of justice in that courtroom.
Terrible news for the racists. The Adams County courthouse in Nebraska is removing a degrading photo [...]
