Back Injuries

Marietta Injury Lawyer Report : The First Lawsuit is Filed Over Deadly Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

Ear­lier this month Geor­gia health offi­cials con­tacted patients who received an epidural steroid injec­tion fol­low­ing con­cerns it had been linked to an out­break of fun­gal menin­gi­tis in other states. At that stage more than 40 cases of fun­gal menin­gi­tis had been reported with at least five deaths. More than 10 days later, there have been […]

Upgrade to Shiloh Road in Marietta is Intended to Reduce Rear End Collisions

Rear end col­li­sions can be costly in terms of injuries and dam­age to vehi­cles. They can cause seri­ous prob­lems such as her­ni­ated disks and can even be fatal. Now the Cobb County Board of Com­mis­sion­ers has awarded an $11 mil­lion con­tract on for upgrades to Shiloh Road in Mari­etta, that, accord­ing to the Mari­etta Daily Journal, […]

Marietta Injury Attorney Report : Herniated Disks Can be Life Changing Injuries

Her­ni­ated and bulging disks can be the results of a car, truck or motor­cy­cle acci­dent or another kind of acci­dent. Disk prob­lems can cause severe pain and need com­plex and costly med­ical treat­ment to cor­rect. In some case a patient never makes a full recov­ery. If you suf­fer from this kind of injury it’s important […]

Marietta Motorcycle Injury Lawyer Report — Famous Boxer Paul Williams is Paralyzed in Marietta Crash

Boxer Paul Williams is reported to be fac­ing charges over a motor­cy­cle crash in Mari­etta, GA on May 27, 2012, but that’s the least of his prob­lems. As an expe­ri­enced Mari­etta motor­cy­cle acci­dent injury lawyer, I was sad­dened to read Williams was left par­a­lyzed after crash­ing his motor­cy­cle. The crash also likely ended Williams’s boxing […]

Marietta Workers’ Compensation Attorney Report — Postal Worker Fraud Case Highlights Workers’ Compensation

The case of a for­mer postal worker who claimed work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion say­ing she was phys­i­cally inca­pable of deliv­er­ing let­ters when she com­peted in more than 80 ath­letic events in Florida and Geor­gia, has high­lighted a high pro­file abuse of the sys­tem. But as an expe­ri­enced Mari­etta, GA work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion attor­ney, I find it’s not just […]

What Do You Do If You’ve Been Injured in an Accident and Have a Soft Tissue Injury?

If you’ve been involved in an acci­dent, either through a mishap at work, car acci­dent, or another sit­u­a­tion whereby you were injured through no fault of your own, you may be enti­tled to col­lect dam­ages or com­pen­sa­tion for pain and suf­fer­ing because of the injuries you sus­tained. While many of these kinds of injuries are visible, […]

Atlanta Motorcyclist Loses Life in Crash With Accused Drunk Driver

On August 5th, 2011 a 23 year old Atlanta man lost his life after a car pulled in front of his oncom­ing motor­cy­cle.  While motor­cy­cles rid­ers are some­times at fault, in this case (as in most cases involv­ing a car and a motor­cy­cle) the man dri­ving the car was cited by the police for being at fault.  Police […]

Is Man’s Best Friend Putting You at Risk of A Serious Accident?

While no spe­cific stud­ies have been per­formed to sub­stan­ti­ate the dan­gers of dri­ving with a pet, experts now warn that unre­strained pets — par­tic­u­larly dogs — are believed to be respon­si­ble for tens of thou­sands of acci­dents each year. Geor­gia auto­mo­bile acci­dent lawyers have long been aware of the most com­mon dis­trac­tions respon­si­ble for acci­dents.  Talking […]

Is It Worth Your While to Hire a Workers’ Compensation Attorney When You’ve Been Injured on The Job?

Employ­ees often have no idea that when they are injured on the job things may get a lit­tle com­pli­cated.  You expect your work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion to “kick in” so that you can get the med­ical care you need and pay your bills.  Unfor­tu­nately it doesn’t always work that way.  When you’ve been injured on the job, […]

Are My Urinary Complications a Sign of Serious Back or Spinal Cord Injury?

Is there a causal con­nec­tion between back/spinal cord injuries and uri­nary com­pli­ca­tions? Back or spinal cord dis­tress can be caused by a num­ber of injuries to the spine. A good many of these injuries are results from motor vehi­cle acci­dents, sports injuries, div­ing into shal­low water, falls or even twist­ing your back or neck in […]