Being injured or sustaining property damage in a car accident that was caused by another driver’s negligence is not something anyone wants to experience. If this does happen, you want to make sure you do everything you can to receive the settlement you deserve. What many car accident victims do not realize is that there... read more

How are workers’ compensation claims different from personal injury claims? At Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis, we represent victims in personal injury claims and workers’ compensation claims. Most of the time, in Georgia, you cannot sue your employer if you are hurt on the job; employers have immunity. However, if you are injured on the job... read more

Drivers who are under 21 years old are often treated differently than over-21 drivers.  For example, a younger driver who gets several traffic tickets might lose driving privileges for 6 or 12 months, whereas an older driver might not. The blood alcohol limit for an under-21 driver is 0.02, but it is 0.08 for a... read more

Persons injured in car wrecks often don’t have the money to obtain necessary medical treatment. To help injured plaintiffs, medical funding companies pay the injured person’s medical bills, and the injured person later pays the medical funding company back, hopefully out of the person’s injury settlement or verdict. For decades, the “collateral source” rule in... read more

Comparative Fault in Georgia Georgia is considered a modified comparative fault jurisdiction, which means a Plaintiff (the person bringing the claim) can not bring a claim for negligence against an “at fault party” if the Plaintiff is more at fault than the “at fault party.” Thus, even if another person contributed in causing an accident you... read more

Why does everyone need Uninsured Motorist (UM) Coverage on their auto insurance policy? First, let’s discuss what UM coverage is by comparing it to liability coverage. Your auto liability coverage sets the limit of what your auto insurance company will pay to injured persons if you cause a wreck. For example, if you have the... read more

Did you know that when a person is arrested, the prosecutor can change the charge when it comes in to court? Not only can a prosecutor change the charge, but a prosecutor can also add charges on top of what a person was arrested for. Many times, a person will be arrested on one charge,... read more

Brian’s answer: It sounds like the officer is basing the arrest on circumstantial evidence – putting puzzle pieces together to make the argument that you must have been driving earlier, while under the influence. Law enforcement officers can arrest someone even if the officer didn’t actually witness the person driving. However, there may be several... read more