Veteran Atlanta, Georgia, Accident Attorneys
Below are examples of the types of injury cases handled by the accident attorneys at Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance. Contact us to schedule a free initial consultation to learn how we can help you and your family after a serious accident.
Catastrophic Personal Injury
Many of the seriously injured clients we serve haven't had a chance to heal emotionally because they haven't healed physically. Part of our job as personal injury lawyers is to help injured people as well as surviving families of fatal accident victims to recover compensation, which can help with the healing process in many ways.
Our clients have suffered catastrophic injuries such as the following:
Auto Accidents
Our motor vehicle accident attorneys are prepared to launch a detailed investigation into the circumstances of your rear-end collision or drunk driving accident. We will attempt to secure physical evidence as well as identify potentially liable defendants who may have insurance coverage that can help pay your medical bills, replace your lost earnings, and compensate you for pain and suffering.
Trucking Accidents
The worst crash injuries are caused by speed and large size. Underlying causes may include driver fatigue or failure of the driver or company to properly maintain the truck. For this reason, accidents involving massive vehicles such as tractor-trailers, dump trucks, commercial vehicles, buses and trains are more likely to result in serious injuries and deaths than any other type of accident.
Motorcycle Accidents
Almost all accidents involving motorcycles result in serious injuries for the motorcycle driver as well as for any passenger who was riding on the bike. The most important thing you can do if you or a loved one is injured in a motorcycle crash is to hire a lawyer immediately to investigate the scene and secure evidence to prove fault and identify potential defendants. Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC, also represents people injured in bicycle and pedestrian accidents as well as in MARTA accidents.
Highway Defect Liability
One common type of road defect that can lead to serious accidents is road shoulder drop-off. If a driver should happen to leave the roadway and attempts to get back on, the large drop-off from the roadway to the shoulder can cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle. In the worst-case scenario, the driver crosses the center line and hits oncoming traffic. Many other defects are due to errors in construction, maintenance or mismanagement of construction zones.
Medical Malpractice
Because of tort reform, many victims of medical malpractice will be unable to find a lawyer to take their case. However, the Atlanta law firm of Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance will continue to represent the individuals and families who suffer serious losses due to medical malpractice or negligence including:
- Surgical errors
- Emergency room errors
- Failure to diagnose cancer or meningitis
- Failure to diagnose brain abscess or cervical epidural abscess
- Failure to diagnose compartment syndrome or post-operative infection
- Failure to diagnose heart attack
- Birth injury leading to cerebral palsy or other maladies
Nursing Home Injury
We entrust the care of our loved ones to professionals and we expect them to be well taken care of. However, that is often not the case. Many nursing homes are owned by profit-oriented chains that increase their profits by short-staffing the facility. We have represented clients suffering from the following in nursing homes:
Construction Injury
In addition to injured workers and their families, our construction injury lawyers represent people who have been injured because of construction activity involving cranes and heavy machinery.
Burn Injury or Amputation
The true economic cost of a burn injury can be millions of dollars in lost wages, medical expenses and assistive medical technology. Burn injury victims will likely face years of painful surgeries and skin grafts. They will also have to deal with the emotional trauma of the burn injury for the rest of their lives. Amputation victims may require periodic replacement of prosthetic limbs.
Brain Injury
Our attorneys understand how brain injuries affect people and how these injuries can be proven in court through the proper use of experts. We are also experienced in helping brain injury victims receive appropriate treatment.
Spinal Cord Injury
If you have suffered a spinal cord injury, there will be a period of time in which you will be devastated. We will work to obtain a settlement that allows you to adjust and live your life to the fullest.
Wrongful Death
Dealing with the death of a parent or child requires all of a family's energy and efforts. As wrongful death lawyers, we focus on the legal aspects of the wrongful death claim so that the family can focus on what is really important in terms of healing and coping.
Product Liability
Our product liability lawyers have secured numerous multimillion dollar recoveries for our injured clients. In any product injury case, the most important thing you can do is secure the product (toy or drug, for example) that caused your injury.
Premises Liability
A premises liability case may be related to inadequate maintenance or a property owner's failure to provide adequate security.
Insurance Disputes
The Atlanta law firm of Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance represents individuals and businesses whose insurance claims have been wrongfully denied by their carriers. We limit our insurance disputes practice to helping those who have losses in excess of $100,000. Our clients seek help with uninsured/underinsured motorist claims and arbitration agreements.
Business Torts
Our business torts law firm is unique in that we are willing to share the risks of litigation through our contingent fee arrangement. Many businesses that suffer substantial business losses can't afford to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on cases that may take several years to resolve. We handle whistleblower/qui tam cases as well as a variety of cases involving fraud and breach of contract.
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