Georgia Personal Injury Lawyer
Meeks Impact Law is a family owned personal injury firm based in Cumming, Georgia. We represent injured people and grieving families across the state, and we do it on contingency: no upfront costs, no hourly fees, and no charge to talk to us.
This page explains how Georgia law actually treats an injury claim, because two rules in particular decide more cases than most people realize. If your injury happened in Alabama, the rules are meaningfully different and harsher.
Two Georgia Rules That Decide Cases
You Usually Have Two Years to File
Georgia’s statute of limitations for most personal injury claims is two years from the date of the injury. If you do not file within that window, your claim is generally barred no matter how strong the evidence is or how badly you were hurt.
There are important exceptions, and several of them shorten your time rather than extend it:
- Claims against a city, county, or the State of Georgia require formal written notice long before the two-year mark, and the deadlines differ depending on which government entity is involved. These are easy to miss and fatal when missed.
- Claims involving minors follow different timing rules.
- Wrongful death claims have their own timing analysis.
The practical takeaway: do not assume you have time. Call and find out.
Being Partly at Fault Does Not End Your Claim
Georgia uses modified comparative negligence. If you are found less than 50% responsible for what happened, you can still recover, but your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault. If you are found 50% or more at fault, you recover nothing.
An example of how that works in practice: if your damages are $100,000 and you are found 20% at fault, you recover $80,000. If you are found 50% at fault, you recover nothing at all.
This is why insurance companies invest so much effort in assigning you a share of the blame. The move from 40% to 50% is not incremental. It is the whole case.
Georgia and Alabama could hardly be further apart on this issue. Georgia gives a partly-at-fault person a path to recovery. Alabama, where we also practice, follows contributory negligence, and being even 1% at fault can bar recovery entirely.
What Georgia Injury Claims Can Recover
- Medical expenses, past and future
- Lost wages and lost earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of the enjoyment of life
- Property damage
- Punitive damages in limited circumstances, such as some cases involving a drunk driver
How We Help Across Georgia
- Car and Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Commercial Vehicle Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Rideshare Accidents
- DUI Victim Accidents
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Accidents
- Unsafe Property and Premises Injuries
- Pet and Animal Attacks
- Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect
- Unsafe Product Exposure (glyphosate and herbicides)
How We Help Across Georgia
We are based in Cumming and we handle cases across the state.
Forsyth County, our home county.
Cumming, our office.
Our case history reaches well beyond Forsyth. We have recovered for clients in Fulton County, Walton County, and Gilmer County, among others.
Georgia Results
- $1,575,000 for a rideshare accident in Fulton County
- $350,000 for a car accident in Georgia
- $300,000 for a dog attack on a child
- $250,000 for a car accident in Forsyth County
- $150,000 for a car accident in Gilmer County
- $147,000 for a pedestrian accident
- $130,000 for a car accident in Forsyth County
- $100,000 for a passenger accident in Walton County
- $85,000 for a DUI accident in Forsyth County
- $65,000 for a truck accident in Georgia
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is different, and the outcome of any legal matter depends on the specific facts, applicable law, and many factors beyond the control of any attorney or law firm.
Why Meeks Impact Law
We are a family owned firm, not a volume shop. Zach Meeks is a member in good standing of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice, and a Leadership Forsyth Award recipient. Melissa Meeks is a member of the American Association for Legal Nurse Consultants, which means the medical records in your case are read by someone who understands them.
We work on contingency. There are no upfront costs, no hourly fees, and no consultation fee. You owe us nothing unless we recover for you.
Common Questions About Georgia Injury Claims
How long do I have to file a personal injury claim in Georgia?
Generally two years from the date of injury, but claims against a government entity require much earlier written notice, and other exceptions apply. Call before you assume you have time.
What if I was partly to blame?
In Georgia you can still recover if you are less than 50% at fault, with your award reduced by your share. At 50% or more you recover nothing.
How much does a Georgia injury lawyer cost?
We work on contingency. No upfront cost, no hourly fee, no consultation charge. We are paid from the recovery, and if there is none, you owe no fee.
Do I have to go to court?
Most injury claims settle. But cases settle well when the insurer believes you are prepared to try them, which is why we prepare every case that way.
Do you handle cases outside Georgia?
Yes. We have a second office in Birmingham and we handle Alabama matters.
Talk to a Georgia Personal Injury Lawyer
Call 678-341-5212 or use the form below. Free consultation, and you owe nothing unless we make an impact for you.
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