You hired your attorney, hopefully you used our 20 Questions You Must Ask Your Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer. But if needed, how do you know if they need to be fired?

Even though you do not pay them as an employee, your relationship with them is not unlike an employer and employee relationship. You hired your lawyer probably because you were in a car accident or sustained injuries from some other mechanism.  Bottom line, your lawyer should work to serve you. However, not all relationships will (or should) continue to the end of the trial as we will explain below.

Here are 3 ways to know if it’s time to find a new Atlanta personal injury lawyer:

1. My lawyer is not very experienced in personal injury cases.

It is preferable to hire a lawyer who specializes in personal injury rather than a lawyer who practices all types of law. Personal injury cases don’t just involve money; they involve your health, and therefore it is more beneficial to find a lawyer who is experienced in personal injury cases. Having experience can make a difference when it comes time to settle or go to trial.

Here are 6 Steps to understanding your Georgia personal injury claim.

2. My lawyer will not contact me or doesn’t inform me of important deadlines for court appearances.

If your lawyer does not make every effort to keep you informed about your case, he or she is acting unprofessionally. Unreturned phone calls and unavailability for meetings are warning signs that your lawyer isn’t doing all they can do for your case. A good personal injury lawyer knows that in order for your case to be successful, you, the victim, must remain involved and informed. Having a successful case may involve considerable investigation, like in the story below which discusses the audio recordings of the 911 operators in a school bus accident that killed and injured students. Evidence like this can clearly show who is to blame in an accident.

911 Tapes Released for School Bus Accident

3. My lawyer wants to settle for less than I think my case is worth or refuses to file suit for my case.

If you and your lawyer disagree about your injury case settlement, you will likely end up with less than you need to pay your medical bills and compensation for time missed at work due to your injuries. Your Atlanta personal injury lawyer should truly listen to your wants and needs as a client and do everything in his or her power to guarantee you receive compensation for your suffering. Did your Atlanta injury lawyer investigate your case thoroughly enough? Sometimes to expedite your case a lawyer might not be willing to take your case to court. At Link & Smith, PC we specialize in litigation of personal injury cases.

If you are in need of a personal injury lawyers in Atlanta or have any questions, contact Link & Smith, P.C. 24 hours a day at 1-888-315-8840.

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Should you call an Atlanta injury lawyer if you slip and fall?

Determining liability after a slip and fall accident can be a challenge with any attorney.
If you slip and fall on someone else’s property it is likely that the property owner may be liable for your injuries. Thousands of slip and fall injuries occur each year, some minor and others serious, due to owner negligence. It is difficult to determine whether the accident was due to carelessness or improper maintenance to the scene where the injury occurred. For this reason it is important to discuss your own unique circumstances with an Atlanta injury lawyer.
Here are some ways to determine if a property owner is liable for your slip and fall injury:

• First, the owner of the property or employee must have directly caused the spill, slippery surface, or dangerously placed item that could cause a fall.
• Secondly, the property owner must have known about the hazardous surface and done nothing about it.
• Third, was the property owner reasonable in their care of the property

A “reasonable person” taking care of the property would have discovered and repaired the damaged surface to avoid slip and fall injuries. The third scenario is mainly based on common sense, but this also makes it the hardest to decipher in an injury case. Judges and juries call for factual information in order to determine whether the property owner makes regular and thorough efforts to keep the property safe and clean. Your Atlanta injury attorney can help you determine if proper cautions were followed in your circumstances. The ‘reasonable’ aspect is slightly biased, so it is difficult to use as evidence. Slip and fall injury cases can be a challenge to prove fault, but no more difficult than proving fault in an auto accidents case.
Here are some common questions to ask yourself to determine if your slip and fall case is reasonable:

1. If you slipped or tripped over a dangerous area, was it there long enough for an owner or employee to notice it?
2. Does the property owner have a safety/inspection procedure that he/she performs on a regular basis? And what proof do they have of these inspections?
3. Could a simple sign or barrier have been provided to prevent the accident?
4. Did poor lighting contribute to the fall?

These are all things to consider after you have fallen victim to a slip-and-fall accident. If you have further questions or need legal advice contact:

Link&Smith,P.C. 24 hours a day at 1-888-315-8840 Atlanta injury lawyers.

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