Georgia Personal Injury Blog

When Medicine Goes Wrong

By Grant Law Office on May 14, 2019

Medical mistakes are killing Americans by the thousands. Errors in diagnosis, medication, and surgery, faulty medical devices, and poor sanitation, leading to hospital-acquired infections, are largely to blame. As patients, we need to be aware. As lawyers, we need to fight bad practices and carelessness wherever we find them. Have you been harmed by healthcare? Have a look at the numbers below. Read more…

Miscommunication: the Leading Cause of Medical Malpractice?

By Grant Law Office on April 17, 2019

Research and analysis conducted by CRICO Strategies, which insures all Harvard medical institutions and their affiliates, has shown that miscommunication is a leading cause of medical malpractice claims.Read more…

Watch Out for E-Scooter and E-Bikes in Atlanta

By Grant Law Office on April 11, 2019

You’ve seen them zipping through traffic and parked on sidewalks: shared-use electronic bikes and scooters, the newest urban transportation trend. They’re just one more brainchild of the smartphone revolution, along with Uber, Lyft, Grubhub, DoorDash, Postmates, and more to come.

Lime, Bird, Jump, Lyft, and now Uber have flooded the Atlanta area with these contraptions in the last few years, to the delight of some and dismay of others. Read more…

Georgia Looking at Extreme Flu Season

By Grant Law Office on March 22, 2019

Influenza season is here, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it has arrived with a vengeance. The CDC’s influenza-like-illness (ILI) surveillance tracks cases of the flu, and it has rated 19 states with a “high” level of flu activity—and one of them is Georgia.Read more…

Georgia Pedestrian Fatalities on the Rise

By Grant Law Office on February 7, 2019

According to The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, pedestrian deaths are on the rise, accounting for 16% of all traffic fatalities in America. Nationwide, pedestrian fatalities have increased 46% since their low point in 2009, and Georgia reflects this trend.Read more…

Are You Ready for Our 2019 Best Foot Forward Scholarship?

By Grant Law Office on February 5, 2019

Last year, Atlanta’s Grant Law Office received over 5,000 applications for our scholarship! Students from across the United States told us how attending college would help them achieve their future goals, and how they planned to leave their mark on the world. We had quite a time sorting through thousands of essays, but we did manage to pick one impressive winner!

This year, it’s getting harder.Read more…

Why a Trial Attorney Is Your Best Option

By Grant Law Office on December 26, 2018

You’ve seen their commercials on late-night TV, and had your view obstructed by their gaudy billboards. They promise you cash, and they promise it fast. We’re talking about “settlement mills,” lawyers and law firms that advertise aggressively and handle a high volume of cases at the same time.Read more…

The Real Danger of Impaired Physicians

By Grant Law Office on December 19, 2018

When you put yourself under the care of medical providers, you are putting your health and possibly your life in their hands. If the doctor treating you is impaired—whether due to alcohol, drugs, or mental illness—it is the ultimate betrayal of your trust.Read more…

Hospital-Acquired Sepsis? Call a Lawyer

By Grant Law Office on November 26, 2018

When you are admitted to a hospital, you expect that the treatment you receive there will improve your health. But all too often, this is not the case.

Entrusting your health to a medical facility and its staff is, essentially, entering into a contract—a contract wherein the hospital pledges to treat you with a professional standard of care. If the hospital and its staff are negligent, and you suffer injury, then they have broken their contract with you and can be held liable for medical malpractice.Read more…

What Are the Early Signs of Cerebral Palsy?

By Grant Law Office on October 20, 2018

If a child has delays in reaching “movement milestones” from birth to 5 years of age, it could be a sign of cerebral palsy.Read more…