[Below is a transcription of the podcast] This is Ann-Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm, and today I’m going to be talking about whose fault is an accident if you get rear-ended? I’m going to start by telling you about a lesson I learned as a young lawyer 25 years ago when I was talking […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] This is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm. I wonder if you know that according to distraction.gov, sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for five seconds. When we’re driving a car we’re traveling 1.466 feet per second for every mile an hour […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] This is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm and today I’m going to be talking about whether and how a settlement can affect your Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The first thing you need to know is that being a Medicare or Medicaid or Social Security recipient […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] This is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm and today I’m going to be talking about permissible medical treatments in a personal injury claim. We need to differentiate between what the law says if you’re trying a case and how the medical treatment you receive affects your […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] This is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm. I’ve had several conversations with people recently who told me that the insurance adjuster told them they shouldn’t talk with an attorney since the insurance company wasn’t going to pay any more if they hired an attorney. So, hiring […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] Hi, this is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm and I’m going to be talking today about what happens if someone gets into a car wreck while they’re driving your vehicle. Let’s assume for the sake of this podcast, the wreck is not the fault of the […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] This is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm. And today I’m going to be answering the question whether more than one liability insurance policy can apply to the person who caused your wreck. The answer is yes, if you know where to look. In Georgia, liability insurance […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] Hi, this is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm. Today I’m going to be talking about selecting your lawyer based on the contingency fee that they charge. Lots of people now are shopping around for what they pay their personal injury lawyer. And that’s not a bad […]
[Below is a transcription of the podcast] I’m Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm and I wanted to talk about something I’ve seen advertised on television by some attorneys – getting a second opinion on the value of your personal injury case. When I get to the point that I can review all the […]
[Below is a transcript of the podcast] This is Ann Margaret Perkins with Perkins Law Firm and today I’m going to be talking about how the law defines the term, “bodily injury”. The short answer is: “Probably broader than you might think.” We think of bodily injuries as being physical injuries to our bodies, and […]