Your client calls you in the middle of the night. He was in a terrible car accident, he says. The driver of the other car appears not to be breathing, gasoline is spilling everywhere, and he has been drinking. Crying and distraught, he begs for your help. After you get him to calm down, he assures you that he will call the police but will not say anything to anyone; you tell him that you will be there momentarily.
Lawyers have been getting phone calls like these for many years, but technology...
Carefree Twitter messages about traveling and partying held down damages awarded by a Gwinnett County State Court jury to a woman who was injured in a car accident, said attorneys in the case.
The jury returned a $237,000 verdict—apportioned down to $142,000—to plaintiff Omiesha Daniels, far less than the $1.1 million she had sought. In the crash, Daniels, 22, broke her arm and incurred a forehead laceration that resulted in a scar. She claimed the injuries inhibited her ability...
