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Our lawyers have previously written about procedural \u201cTraps for the Unwary\u201d which occur in the context of serious injury or wrongful death claims<\/a>. We write again about this problem because we continue to see this issue in our practice.<\/p>\n

To be victimized by a negligent act such as being seriously injured by a drunk truck driver is bad enough but to be further victimized by a statute of limitations would only compound the tragedy. Unfortunately, Georgia serious injury lawyers like ourselves often see cases where innocent members of the public simply do not understand the legal rules concerning statute of limitations. In fact, we saw such an example just this week.<\/p>\n

We were contacted two days ago by a very nice lady who had been seriously injured while shopping at a retail establishment outside of Atlanta. In fact, she had to have two back surgeries because of her injuries. She had been promised repeatedly by the store\u2019s insurance adjuster that they were working on her claims and would offer her a settlement. Unbeknownst to her, the statute of limitations in Georgia for a personal injury claim is two years. Because the claim kept dragging out she contacted our firm one day before the statute of limitations expired to discuss her options. She had no knowledge that her claims could forever be barred by operation of law if she did not file a lawsuit before the two year anniversary of her incident. Needless to say, the insurance adjuster had taken advantage of this lady and was hoping that the statute of limitations would run and would bar her claims. We filed a lawsuit just in time to stop the running of the statute of limitations so that this very nice lady who is well deserving of compensation is not further victimized by the store that injured her. The insurance company was hoping that they could use our client\u2019s ignorance of the law to their advantage. It almost worked.<\/p>\n

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