When an injury turns your life upside down, the losses extend far beyond the first hospital bill. Many injured people leave money on the table — not because they don’t deserve it, but because they settled before the full picture was clear or didn’t know what they were entitled to pursue.
Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 51-12-2) recognizes special damages — concrete, quantifiable
financial losses caused by the injury.
Every dollar spent on injury-related treatment is recoverable:emergency room visits, ambulance transport, hospitalization, surgery, imaging, prescriptions, physical therapy, and specialist consultations.
If your injuries require ongoing treatment — follow-up surgeries, long-term physical therapy, specialist care, assistive devices, or in-home assistance — those anticipated future costs are part of your damages today. We work with medical providers and, where needed, life care planning experts to document what your care willcost going forward.
Income you were unable to earn while recovering is fully recoverable. We document it through pay stubs, employer verification, tax records, and self-employment documentation.
If your injuries permanently reduce your ability to work — a physical limitation that prevents returning to your prior occupation, a cognitive impairment from a traumatic brain injury — the difference between what you could have earned and what you can now earn is a separate, recoverable loss. Economic experts calculate this over your remaining working years.
Transportation to medicalappointments, home modification costs, medicalequipment, and other expenses directly resulting from the injury are recoverable.
Physical pain caused by the injury and its treatment is compensable. The severity, duration, and expected permanence of pain all factor into the calculation.
Georgia does not cap non-economic damages in personal injury cases. You are entitled to pursue fullcompensation for what you have genuinely experienced.
In cases where the defendant’s conduct was not just negligent but intentional, fraudulent, or so reckless it showed conscious disregard for the consequences, Georgia allows punitive damages under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-5.1.
Punitive damages are meant to punish and deter — not to compensate the victim for a specific loss. They are capped at $250,000 in most cases.
The cap does not apply when: – The defendant was operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs – The case involves product liability – The harm was caused by intentional misconduct specifically intended to harm the plaintiff
Before you accept any settlement, understand what you’re actually entitled to. The consultation is free, there’s no obligation, and you pay nothing unless we win your case.
