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Keener Law Firm
Personal Injury Law
Georgia Car Accident Procedures
If you’ve been in a car accident and are looking for information about how to assess your rights and responsibilities and where to go for help, you’ve come to the right spot.
Keener Law Firm will help you identify the laws and other information specific to your case and the state of Georgia. Our car accident procedures cover relevant issues and structured settlements.
A personal injury lawyer from our firm is on call 24/7 to help if you have suffered an injury or been involved in a job related accident in Georgia.
Auto Accident Procedures Involvement in a car wreck in Georgia is a frightening, confusing experience for any person. This list of procedures is designed to ensure that you follow all of the steps necessary immediately following a car accident.
Georgia Car Accident Procedures
Stop immediately
- Stay calm and do what you can within reason to avoid blocking traffic. Never leave the scene of an accident in which you or your car were involved no matter how slight the collision. Failing to stop at an accident may subject a person in the Georgia to a criminal action for leaving the scene of an accident, even though the accident is not the person’s fault. Pull over to the side of the road as soon as possible without endangering any other person and without obstructing traffic.
Check to see if anyone is injured
- Take care of any person that is injured, including rendering medical attention as soon as possible. Contact 911 or any other ambulance service in order to receive medical treatment. Do not assume that a lack of an injury means that a person it not hurt.
Call the police
- An accident should be reported to the proper authorities. The report may not only be helpful later if you determine that you are injured or there is damage to your car but it may be helpful later if the other person tries to avoid responsibility for the accident.
If an insurance adjuster shows up at the scene, don't give any statementsand don't sign anything.
- Insurance adjusters thrive off of the confusion that an auto accident causes in people's lives. The adjuster’s job is to make the insurance company more money by paying less money to people injured. They do this by taking advantage of any instances where an injured person does not have proof of damages or injuries.
If possible get the names, addresses and phone numbers of witnesses.
- Make a mental note of what witnesses say, like, "That black car was flying."
- Identify the witnesses so there will be someone to support your case if it goes to court. Write down their names and addresses and interview them. Ask them what they saw and make a note of phrases they used like "slammed into," "plowed," "speeding," or "he ran the red light." Beware of insurance representatives at the scene of a car wreck in Georgia. It has been rumored that some insurance companies send adjusters to auto accident scenes in order to catch people off guard with incriminating questions or to have them sign away any rights they may have to future compensation.
Visit your doctor as soon as you can
- Even if you are not sure whether or not you are injured or anyone else in your vehicle is injured in the accident it is best to be examined by a doctor at the earliest possible time or to go to the nearest emergency room. If you are examined by a doctor, make sure that you are specific in explaining to the physician how the accident happened and any and all injuries and problems you sustained as a result.
Take Photos
- Take photos of your car as soon as possible after the car accident. When the adjuster asks for proof of damage, it is difficult to dispute a picture taken of your car at the collision scene. Photos of the damage will help tell your story. If possible, take photos. of the other cars involved as well. These pictures will help supply information about the severity of the impact associated with your car wreck in Georgia.
Inform your insurance company of the collision
- Make sure that you call your insurance company immediately to report the accident. Failing to report the accident immediately could in some instances result in the insurance company not covering you for the accident. You should contact the company immediately and if you are injured make sure that you ask the company to start paying your medical bills and open up a file to not only pay the property damage but all of your medicals.
Do not immediately pay citations and tickets
- If you receive a traffic citation or ticket it does not mean that you are necessarily at fault, however, if you are anticipating bring a claim against the other driver and receive a ticket, it is best to get advice from an attorney prior to paying the ticket.
Cooperate
- Cooperate with your insurance company’s investigation completely: Make sure you copy all documentation you receive regarding the accident for your records. Also, if you provide a statement under oath to any insurance company, even yours, make sure that you obtain a copy of it.
We practice in the following areas of personal injury law:
- Personal Injury Law
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Automobile and Truck Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Aumputations and Paralysis"
- Brain injury"
- Head injuries
- Auto, Truck or Motorcycle Accidents"
- Burn and electrocution
- Construction accident
- Nursing home cases
- Airplane accident
- Lacerations and scarring
- Shoulder and arm injury
- Whiplash / soft tissue injury
- Broken bones and fractures
- Eye injuries
- Neck injury or back injury
- Hand and wrist injury
- Concussion
- Fractures
- Burns
- Hit and Run
- Wrongful deaths
OUR GOAL:
If you suspect your injury was the result of a medical mistake or another form of negligence, we invite you to contact one of our personal injury lawyers at the Keener law firm.
We will review your case and provide an exceptional level of support throughout the course of legal proceedings and beyond—we will see that your receive maximum benefits for your pain and suffering.
That may mean that your settlement or verdict includes the purchase of a handicap-accessible home, a disability trust fund, or another element that addresses your unique needs and situation.
