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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 01:51:40+00:00

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For over 50 years the Atlanta lawyers at Finch McCranie LLP have been practicing wrongful death and serious personal injury law and representing clients throughout the Southeast.
We have a long history of success in taking personal injury and wrongful death cases to trial and receiving favorable verdicts for our clients. Our firm has earned the highest rating (“AV”) from Martindale-Hubbell, which rates law firms throughout the United States.
There are many law firms that handle complex matters, but very few whose lawyers actually try cases in front of a judge and jury on a regular basis. Finch McCranie LLP is one of those few firms. Our Atlanta personal injury attorneys have extensive jury trial experience which enables us to prepare each case with a willingness to go to trial. Because opposing firms know this, it allows us to resolve many cases before trial.
Firm won an $11 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case.
Firm won an $11.7 million judgment in a recent wrongful death case.
Firm won a multi-million dollar settlement from two security companies in a wrongful death case.
Firm obtained an $8 million judgment for a client seriously injured in a collision.
These are just a few of the hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases the firm has been involved with over the past 50 years. We invite you to visit our Results page for more examples of the favorable results we have obtained for our clients.
We also conduct a thorough evaluation of our clients’ damages. This enables us to maximize the recovery in our cases. We will obtain and review medical records, tax returns (if the client is unable to work as a result of their injury), and all other documentation that shows how our clients’ lives have been affected by the incident. We also interview family members, friends, and in some cases the client’s employer to understand the extent of harm caused by the incident. This enables us to determine the most effective way to present our clients’ damages to maximize the settlement or verdict.
It is critically important to collect and preserve evidence quickly in a personal injury or wrongful death case, whether it is a part from a tool or an appliance, an automobile, electronic data or video stored in a tractor-trailer or other commercial vehicle, medical records, witness statements, or other evidence. We have a team of investigators, most of whom are retired FBI agents, who assist us in collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses.
In a wrongful death context, the measure of damages is compensation for the full value of the life of the decedent. See generally O.C.G.A. § 51-4-1. Death claims in Georgia are typically divided into two separate claims. One is for the wrongful death per se as measured by the “full value of the life of the decedent” without deducting for any of the necessary or personal expenses of the decedent had he or she lived. The full value of the life of the decedent consists of two elements: (1) the economic value of the deceased's normal life expectancy; and (2) an intangible element incapable of exact proof. Department of Human Resources v. Johnson, 264 Ga. App. 730, 592 S.E.2d 124 (2003). If a young person dies and had a 50-year life expectancy and the person was employed at the time, the economist can project the economic damages. As regards the non-economic damages or the loss of the full value of the life of the decedent, damages are measured from the decedent's point of view; a child's right to recover for a parent's death is a substitution of the child in the decedent's place for the purposes of recovering for the injury inflicted upon the decedent. The measure of damages for the wrongful death of a parent brought by such person's child, therefore, is not the child's loss from the parent's absence, but the parent's loss from not being able to raise the child. Brock v. Wedincamp, 253 Ga. App. 275, 558 S.E.2d 836 (2002). Family members and friends can testify to what the decedent enjoyed about their life and the relationships lost.
The second component of a wrongful death claim belongs to the estate. All causes of action that would have accrued to the decedent had he or she lived must be filed in the name of the Administrator or Administratrix of the estate. These include claims for medical expenses incurred prior to death, funeral and burial expenses, conscious pain and suffering prior to death and, where appropriate, punitive damages. See O.C.G.A. § 51-4-5(b); Waldon v. Archebald Memorial Hospital, 197 Ga. App. 275, 398 S.E. 2d 271 (1990). Where separate suits are instituted under wrongful death and estate claims, a defendant is entitled to joinder of the claims, even though the measures of damages are distinct for each claim. Stenger v. Grimes, 260 Ga. 838, 400 S.E.2d 318 (1991).
If you believe you may have a wrongful death case, it is important that you hire an experienced attorney who understands how to develop damages evidence and effectively present the wrongful death case to a jury.
Over 50 years experience in successfully trying cases.
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Has a Loved one Suffered a Serious Injury or Death due to Someone Else’s Negligent or Reckless Conduct?
If so, turn to the Atlanta personal injury & wrongful death attorneys at Finch McCranie LLP. For decades Finch McCranie LLP has successfully represented hundreds of victims and their families, many of whom have suffered serious injury or wrongful death. The firm’s Atlanta injury lawyers, working in the Wrongful Death & Serious Injury Practice Group, have succeeded in winning a large number of personal injury cases for their clients. We invite you to visit our Results page for examples of the settlements and verdicts we have obtained over the years.
Call the Atlanta personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at Finch McCranie LLP to arrange for a free consultation. You will always speak directly with one of our lawyers. Call us today at (404) 658-9070.

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