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11/02/2026

Can I claim lost wages after a Georgia car wreck?

Yes. If an injury from a wreck kept you from working, the income you lost is part of your claim. Georgia treats lost earnings as a special damage, which means it has to be proven with records, not estimated (O.C.G.A. 51-12-2). The claim is only as strong as the paper behind it.

Sick days and PTO count. If you burned vacation or sick time while you recovered, you still lost something of value. Many people leave this off because a paycheck kept coming.

Self-employed? You are not out of luck. Tax returns, invoices, bank deposits, cancelled jobs, and messages from customers you had to turn away all show what the wreck cost you.

A lasting injury can mean more than missed days. If you cannot return to the same work, or the same hours, Georgia law also recognizes a loss of future earning capacity.

What to keep: every pay stub before and after the wreck, any written work restriction you were given, a simple log of the days and hours you missed, and a short letter from your employer confirming your pay rate and the time you were out.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in car-accident claims. A wage claim with no documents behind it was the easiest thing on the file to cut. Build the record now.

Questions about a wreck in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how the process works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

10/30/2026

Hurt on the job in Georgia, and now your employer says a light-duty job is waiting for you? Here is how that works under Georgia workers' comp.

The offer has rules. Before your weekly checks can be cut off over a light-duty job, the job generally has to be approved by your authorized treating doctor and offered to you in writing, with the job description, on the state form (O.C.G.A. 34-9-240). A supervisor saying "come back Monday" is not the same thing.

Refusing has a cost. If the job is suitable and you turn it down without a good reason, the insurer can suspend your weekly income benefits.

Trying it is protected. If you make a real attempt and cannot keep it up within 15 scheduled work days, your weekly benefits are supposed to be reinstated (State Board Rule 240). You do not lose your claim by showing up and finding out the job is too much.

Lower pay still counts. If the light-duty job pays less than you were making before the injury, you may be owed partial weekly benefits to cover part of the gap (O.C.G.A. 34-9-262).

Keep the paper. Hold on to every written job offer, every doctor's note about your restrictions, and every pay stub from the new job.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in work-injury claims. He knows how a carrier uses a light-duty offer.

Questions about a work injury in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how the process works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

10/28/2026

A car clips you at a light on Joe Frank Harris Parkway and keeps going. Or someone sideswipes you on I-75 near Cartersville and is gone before you can read the plate. A lot of people assume that is the end of it - no driver, no insurance, no claim.

Often it is not. Here is what usually happens next in Georgia, step by step.

1. Call the police and get the report number. Leaving the scene is a crime in Georgia, and the report is the starting point for everything that follows.

2. Write down what you can while it is fresh: any part of the plate, the make, model, and color, which way the vehicle went, and the names and numbers of anyone who stopped.

3. Notify your own insurance company. If the other driver is never found, your uninsured motorist (UM) coverage may stand in for the coverage they did not leave behind. You paid the premium - it is a benefit you can use. Your policy also sets notice requirements, so do not sit on it.

4. If the other vehicle never touched yours - say it ran you off the road - Georgia generally requires the account of what happened to be corroborated by an eyewitness other than you (O.C.G.A. 33-7-11). That makes the names of the people who stopped very important.

5. If police later identify the driver, the claim can move to that driver's own liability insurance.

Most Georgia injury claims carry a two-year deadline to file suit (O.C.G.A. 9-3-33), and an unknown driver does not pause it.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in car-accident claims. He knows what a carrier looks for before it pays a UM claim.

Questions about a hit-and-run in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how the process works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

10/26/2026

A wet floor in a Cartersville grocery aisle. A broken step at a Bartow County apartment complex. A pothole in a parking lot off Highway 41. People fall in these places every week, and the first thing they hear is usually some version of "that was an accident."

Georgia law asks a narrower question: who knew about the hazard first?

Under O.C.G.A. 51-3-1, a business that invites customers onto its property owes them ordinary care to keep the premises and the approaches safe. In a Georgia slip-and-fall case that generally breaks into two parts. First, did the owner know about the hazard, or had it been there long enough that a reasonable inspection would have found it? Second, did you not know about it, using ordinary care for your own safety?

That is why the first hours matter so much, and why they are usually about evidence rather than argument. Photograph the hazard before it is cleaned up. Note the time, the aisle, and who you spoke to. Ask the store to make an incident report and ask for a copy. Keep your receipt - it puts you in the building at a specific minute. Many stores keep security video on a short loop, so the footage of your fall may not exist a few weeks later.

Most Georgia injury claims carry a two-year deadline to file suit (O.C.G.A. 9-3-33).

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in injury claims, slip-and-fall cases included. He knows the record the other side builds, and how early it gets built.

Questions about a fall in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how the process works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

10/14/2026

Bitten by a neighbor's dog, or a dog at a friend's house? One of the first questions people ask is: who pays for this?

Often it's the dog owner's homeowner's or renter's insurance. Many of those policies include liability coverage that can apply when the owner's dog injures someone - so a claim is usually against the policy, not a neighbor's savings account.

Georgia law (O.C.G.A. 51-2-7) generally asks two things: was the dog dangerous, and was the owner careless in managing it or letting it run loose? One way to show the first part: many Georgia cities and counties require dogs to be on a leash or at heel. If a leash law applied and the dog wasn't leashed when it happened, that can be enough to show the dog's dangerous tendency.

Expect the owner's insurer to look at whether the dog was provoked. And like most Georgia injury claims, there is generally a two-year deadline to file suit (O.C.G.A. 9-3-33).

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in injury claims - dog bites included. He knows what the other side looks at.

Questions about a dog bite in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We're glad to explain how the process works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

10/05/2026

Myth: "My profile is private, so what I post can't hurt my injury claim."

Not true. After a wreck, insurance companies routinely check social media. If a case goes to a lawsuit, relevant posts - including private ones - can be requested in discovery. And anything a friend can see, a friend can screenshot.

A photo from a cookout, a smile at a ballgame, a quick "I'm fine!" - pulled out of context, any of these can be used to argue you weren't really hurt.

One thing NOT to do: don't go back and delete old posts. Deleting material that may matter to a claim can cause its own problems. Leave what's there and be careful about what you add.

The simplest rule: don't post about the wreck, your injuries, or your claim while it's open.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in injury claims. He has seen firsthand how a claimant's own posts get used against them.

Hurt in a wreck in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We're glad to answer your questions. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

10/02/2026

I was hurt in a car wreck while I was working. Is that workers' comp or a car accident claim?

Often, it can be both.

Workers' comp: in Georgia, comp can cover medical treatment and weekly income benefits for an on-the-job injury, and it does not depend on who caused the wreck. Report the injury to your employer within 30 days (O.C.G.A. 34-9-80).

The car accident claim: if another driver caused the wreck, a separate claim may go against that driver and their insurance. Georgia law keeps that right open even when comp is paying (O.C.G.A. 34-9-11.1).

What about paying comp back? The comp insurer can claim a lien on the other recovery, but only if you have been fully and completely compensated for all your losses. That rule matters a great deal when the at-fault driver's limits are low.

Two claims means two insurance companies, two sets of rules, and two sets of deadlines.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in both car-accident and work-injury claims. He knows how the two carriers deal with each other when both are on the same wreck.

Hurt in a work wreck in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how the two claims fit together. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

09/30/2026

I was a passenger in the wreck. Who pays for my injuries?

It is one of the most common questions we hear, and the answer is usually better than people expect.

Usually, it is the at-fault driver's liability insurance. That can be the other driver, or the driver of the car you were riding in. It can apply even when that driver is a friend or a family member. The policy's terms matter.

If both drivers share the blame, a claim can go against both of them.

If the at-fault driver's limits are too low to cover everything, your own uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) coverage may add more. So can a UM policy held by a relative you live with.

MedPay on the car you rode in may help with medical bills, no matter who caused the wreck.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in car-accident claims. He knows how carriers sort out passenger claims when more than one policy is in play.

Hurt as a passenger in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how it works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

09/28/2026

After a wreck, who writes the crash report? In Bartow County, it depends on where the wreck happened.

Inside Cartersville city limits: usually the Cartersville Police Department.

Elsewhere in Bartow County: usually the Bartow County Sheriff's Office or the Georgia State Patrol.

Georgia law requires wrecks involving an injury, a death, or apparent property damage of $500 or more to be reported to law enforcement (O.C.G.A. 40-6-273).

Two things worth writing down at the scene: the name of the agency that responded and the report number. You will need both to get a copy of the report later.

The report matters, but it is not the final word on fault. The insurance company does its own investigation. Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in car-accident claims, so he knows what the adjuster looks for in that report.

Questions after a wreck in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how it works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

09/25/2026

Georgia is not a no-fault state. A lot of people think it is.

In a no-fault state like Florida, your own insurance pays your injury costs first, no matter who caused the wreck. Georgia works differently: fault decides whose insurance pays.

The main source: After a wreck in Georgia, injury claims usually go against the at-fault driver's liability insurance.

The minimum is low: Georgia requires only $25,000 per person and $50,000 per wreck in bodily injury coverage (O.C.G.A. 33-34-4). Some drivers carry no more than that.

Your own policy can add to it: MedPay and uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) coverage on your own policy can help when the other driver's limits run out.

I-75 runs right through Bartow County, and not every driver on it is from Georgia. A wreck on a Georgia road still starts with the question of who was at fault.

Before Hunter Delashmit opened this firm, he defended insurance companies in car-accident claims, so he knows how the carrier looks at fault.

Questions after a wreck in Cartersville, Bartow County, or anywhere in North Georgia? We are glad to explain how it works. No fee unless we recover - case expenses may apply.

Educational information only - not legal advice. Every case is different.

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