Car crashes are one of the leading causes of serious injury and death in Georgia. If you drive a car on a regular basis, it is likely you will be involved in a car accident at some point, though most involve property damage only. If you do face injuries, you, like many other Georgians, could be entitled to substantial compensation for your injuries.
Our attorneys dedicate a large portion of our practice to getting car accident victims the compensation they need for their injuries. This can include the costs of treating their injuries as well as compensation for the expenses that come with being injured, like lost wages at work.
For a free review of your injury case, contact our Atlanta, GA car accident lawyers at Howe Law right away at (844) 876-4357.
Types of Car Accident Cases Our Attorneys Handle in Chamblee, GA
Crashes can happen in many different ways, and they can be separated by the manner in which the cars crash, how many vehicles are involved, and whether there are other factors involved – like whether one of the drivers was a commercial driver. Our car accident attorneys handle all of these types of car accident cases listed below and more.
Rear-End Crashes
When you are hit from behind, it is usually because the driver behind you was following too closely. In these crashes, you might face whiplash and back injuries at a higher rate than in other crashes because of the way the forces involved in these crashes affect your body.
When a driver hits you from behind, it is usually their fault because they were tailgating. This does not hold up if the front driver was backing up or if they slammed on the brakes in order to intentionally draw the rear driver into hitting them.
Front-End Crashes
Cars can usually only crash head-on when they are in the same lane going in opposite directions. That means that one of the drivers must have gone down a one-way street or otherwise driven the wrong way. It could alternatively mean that they crossed over their lane lines and into oncoming traffic. Either one of these issues is a traffic violation that would make that driver at fault.
When front-end crashes are not perfectly lined up, it is usually the result of a driver trying to turn left across ongoing traffic when they did not have the space to do so.
These crashes are often some of the most serious because the force of the cars is combined, making the crash feel like it happens at a much higher speed.
T-Bone Accidents
When one car crashes into the side of another in a T shape, it is usually because one of the cars entered an intersection illegally. If the other driver ran a red light while you were in the intersection and crashed into your side, they should be found at fault. Sometimes you might be in the car that did the hitting, but if that only happened because the other driver pulled out in front of you illegally and did not give you time to react, that still likely makes the crash their fault.
These crashes can often lead to pileups or cause a car to spin out and hit another car.
Single-Car Crashes
When only one car is involved in a crash, it is usually the driver’s fault. If you were injured as a passenger, you might have a case against the driver who caused the crash, especially if you were a paying passenger, like in a bus accident, taxi accident, or Uber/Lyft accident.
In other cases where you were the driver, your crash might have still been caused by outside factors. Dangerous road conditions could be the government’s fault, defective auto parts could be the manufacturer’s fault, and some “near-miss” crashes could be another driver’s fault if you had to swerve to avoid them but never made contact.
Two-Car Crashes
When only two cars are involved in a crash, the accident is usually one of the drivers’ faults. However, the other driver might be partially at fault, too.
Juries and insurance companies can assign part of the blame to each driver and award partial damages in many cases. The question of fault usually boils down to which driver did something wrong; drivers who are following all the rules of the road usually cannot be held at fault for a crash.
In rare cases, crashes involving two drivers might be caused by outside factors like auto defects, a third driver who caused someone to swerve, or bad road conditions. However, many of these issues still involve some mistake or inappropriate overcorrection that caused one car to hit the other.
Multi-Car Crashes
Whether multi-car crashes are caused by pileups – where a line of cars crash into each other’s rear – or because one car spun out into another, these crashes can cause serious injuries and even death.
Many times, fault is assigned to multiple parties, allowing damages to be paid in part by each driver. When there are a lot of victims and only one at-fault driver, that can make recovery more difficult because insurance policies usually have “per accident” caps that are only double the “per person” caps. This means that if there are more than two victims, the policy’s payout is stretched, and you might need to sue the driver directly to have them pay the rest of the damages out-of-pocket.
Accidents Involving Commercial Drivers
When a commercial driver like a trucker or bus driver is involved in a car accident, their employer might be able to pay the damages instead. However, the employment arrangement between the driver and the company they work for might limit this. For example, many delivery drivers are independent contractors instead of employees, and employers are typically only on the hook for their employees’ mistakes.
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