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How do you retain your retirement plan during divorce?

Getting divorced may temporarily suspend your retirement planning efforts while you reconfigure your finances. Despite the uncertainty, maintaining as much of your plan as possible will help you...

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What is a blanket medical authorization and should you sign one?

From spinal fractures to organ damage, car accidents cause countless catastrophic injuries every single year. In fact, roughly 4.4 million Americans sustain bodily harm in motor vehicle accidents...

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Workers’ compensation benefits for permanent partial disability

After your work injury cost you the loss of a limb, you began accessing the benefits of the workers’ compensation program in Georgia. According to the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation, your...

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The discovery rule, and other ways to extend a limitations period

Each state has a statute of limitations, or timeframe, in which the victim of a personal injury may file a claim or lawsuit for compensation from the at-fault party. States implement these laws to...

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Is there a timeline for filing a personal injury claim in Georgia?

When you are injured in an accident in Georgia, a personal injury claim can provide you the compensation you need to take care of your medical bills and other damages. However, the path to filing a...

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Who (other than a truck driver) could cause a commercial crash?

When a commercial truck is responsible for a crash, people tend to just assume the professional driver is at fault.  Although crash statistics provided by federal regulatory agencies show commercial...

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3 reasons to report a workplace injury as soon as it happens

When you get hurt on the job, your first instinct might be to just continue working. Bandaging your own wound or trying to work through the pain may seem like the responsible thing to do because the...

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Supporting yourself after divorce in Georgia

It can be difficult to afford the cost of a separate household after divorce. This concern especially affects those who have left the workforce to raise children or support their partner’s career. If...

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The basics of property division in a Georgia divorce

Divorce is a time when you have more questions than answers. For example, what happens to your house? Do you have to share your pension with your soon-to-be-ex? Who will pay off your credit card debt...

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You should still look both ways at a green light 

At a two-way stop, you know to pull up to the sign, look both ways, and then decide when it’s safe to pull out into the street or cross it on the same road. At a stoplight, though, you likely just...

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Can you get workers’ compensation for cumulative trauma?

When someone gets hurt by a piece of machinery or falls on the job, their injuries are obvious. There will be witnesses who see them get hurt, and it won’t be hard for the worker to show that their...

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Workers’ compensation benefits for permanent partial disability

After your work injury cost you the loss of a limb, you began accessing the benefits of the workers’ compensation program in Georgia. According to the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation, your...

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The discovery rule, and other ways to extend a limitations period

Each state has a statute of limitations, or timeframe, in which the victim of a personal injury may file a claim or lawsuit for compensation from the at-fault party. States implement these laws to...

View Article


Is there a timeline for filing a personal injury claim in Georgia?

When you are injured in an accident in Georgia, a personal injury claim can provide you the compensation you need to take care of your medical bills and other damages. However, the path to filing a...

View Article

Who (other than a truck driver) could cause a commercial crash?

When a commercial truck is responsible for a crash, people tend to just assume the professional driver is at fault.  Although crash statistics provided by federal regulatory agencies show commercial...

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3 reasons to report a workplace injury as soon as it happens

When you get hurt on the job, your first instinct might be to just continue working. Bandaging your own wound or trying to work through the pain may seem like the responsible thing to do because the...

View Article

Supporting yourself after divorce in Georgia

It can be difficult to afford the cost of a separate household after divorce. This concern especially affects those who have left the workforce to raise children or support their partner’s career. If...

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The basics of property division in a Georgia divorce

Divorce is a time when you have more questions than answers. For example, what happens to your house? Do you have to share your pension with your soon-to-be-ex? Who will pay off your credit card debt...

View Article

You should still look both ways at a green light 

At a two-way stop, you know to pull up to the sign, look both ways, and then decide when it’s safe to pull out into the street or cross it on the same road. At a stoplight, though, you likely just...

View Article

Can you get workers’ compensation for cumulative trauma?

When someone gets hurt by a piece of machinery or falls on the job, their injuries are obvious. There will be witnesses who see them get hurt, and it won’t be hard for the worker to show that their...

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