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Mysterious Back Pain After Car Accident: Facet Joint Injuries

Updated February 17, 2025 Facet joints help bind the spinal column together. Damage to these tiny joints along the spinal column can cause intense, lingering neck and back pain. Because they are so small, facet joints are difficult to spot on a scan, so a sufferer’s pain is often ignored. This can leave some injured…

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Client Story: I Never Thought It Would Ever Happen to Me

Northbound I-285 Past Memorial Drive May 27 It’s Saturday, and 49-year-old Tineke is on her way home to get ready for her second job. Suddenly, a car entering the highway switches lanes, striking the passenger side and rear of Tineke’s vehicle. She loses control and veers into a ditch beside the road. The other driver…

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Is drugged driving just as prevalent as drunk driving?

Last month, we discussed the commonality of crashes caused by alcohol-impairment. In addition, we identified the point at which impairment begins, even among drivers with a legal BAC limit. Drunk driving is a major safety concern during the holiday season. We hear the public service announcements warning drivers not to drink and get behind the…

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How to Safely Drive Around Large Trucks

Large trucks, also known as tractor-trailers and semi-trucks, are designed to efficiently haul tons of goods over long distances. Their size and limited maneuverability, however, mean that if they are involved in a crash, the damage can be devastating. Wrecks involving tractor-trailers killed more than 4,700 people in the U.S. in 2017 — 195 of…

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Can Driving at a Legal BAC Level Be a Factor in an Alcohol-Related Crash?

Every day across the United States nearly 30 people, on average, are killed in crashes related to drunk driving. In 2017, approximately 10,874 people lost their lives due to drunk driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In 2016 alone, there were more than 368 traffic fatalities throughout the state of Georgia…

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Nursing Home Abuse in Georgia

A disturbing exposé series by the AJC called “Unprotected” examines the dark side of senior care facilities in Georgia. Reports of nursing home abuse and neglect, sexual assaults, and suspicious deaths are routinely ignored, underreported or covered up by staff or managers. Neglecting the elderly is a crime but police and prosecutors were not notified in…

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Treatment for Broken Bones and Fractures After an Accident in Georgia

Bones are not easily broken — they are flexible, to a degree. When they crack or break, it is usually due to some sort of extreme force, such as violent car wrecks, motorcycle accidents, tractor-trailer crashes, work injuries, or gunshots. Treating broken bones or bone fractures can be incredibly expensive. The injured body part or…

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