If you have been seriously hurt in a car accident, you need a lawyer with experience, who is tough enough to take on the insurance company. Lee Wallace has more than 20 years of experience helping people just like you. She puts her Harvard Law degree to work for you, so you can deal with the insurance company.

At the Wallace Law Firm, L.L.C., we help people who have been in serious motor vehicle accidents in Atlanta and all over Georgia, including in the Atlanta Metro area.

It won't surprise you to learn that you are more likely to be in an auto accident in the Atlanta Metro area or in the surrounding counties. According to a January 2008 publication of the Georgia Department of Transportation, you are more likely to be in a car wreck in Clayton, Cobb, Cherokee, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall, Henry, Rockdale, Spalding, White, than just about anywhere else in Georgia. (Here's an unexpected fact - Gwinnett is not one of the counties in which you are more likely to be in a car wreck.) The heavy traffic congestion in these areas means pretty much everybody is involved in a car wreck at some point.

If you have been seriously injured in a car wreck, call us at 404-814-0465 or email us.

Click here to learn more about some commonly asked questions about car wreck lawsuits:

What are my damages?

The damages you can recover vary from state to state. In addition to medical bills, many states allow lost wages, pain and suffering, and loss of consortium to cover your spouse’s damages. To find out more about what damages you legally can claim in Georgia, contact Georgia attorney Lee Wallace.

Caution: If you have received payments from medical insurance, disability insurance, or Medicare/Medicaid, these entities may ask you to reimburse them for the money they laid out on your behalf. Depending on the circumstances, the medical insurance company may or may not be entitled to have you reimburse them. To find out more about what the insurance company can or cannot claim in Georgia, contact Georgia lawyer Lee Wallace to find out more about the rules that apply to your situation.

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How do I get the insurance company to pay what my car is worth?

If the accident totaled your car, the insurance company may offer you substantially less than the car was worth. The best way to get a fair and full value for your car is to arm yourself with facts and statistics about how much your car would have been worth had it not been for the wreck.

The Internet has been a tremendous boon for people who have been in wrecks. You can find out what your car would have been worth had it not been for the wreck, and use that information as you talk to the insurance company.

Two great sites to use are Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds . You can look up the trade-in value of your present car, find out what you could get if you sold your (unwrecked) vehicle to a private party, and see suggested retail values for most makes and models of cars.

How safe is my car?

Some cars do better than others in crashes. How can you find out whether your car is one of the safer ones? Check out these websites:

Car crash tests, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/default.aspx

Injury, collision and theft losses by make and model, 1999-2001 models, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
http://www.iihs.org/research/hldi/composite_intro.html

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) crash test results and ratings
http://www.nhtsa.gov/Vehicle+Safety

NHTSA's recalls of cars and motor vehicles
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/

Cars.com - search for new and used vehicles for sale, and get reviews and research about the cars.
http://www.cars.com/

How common are car wrecks?

Car wrecks are the leading cause of death for Americans 1 to 34 years old (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). In the year 2000 alone, 41,821 people died in crashes. See FARS database, maintained by the United States Department of Transportation.