I came across this article and was blown away by the tenaciousness with which law enforcement wishes to violate basic constitutional rights. The problem for the cops? If they Mirandize you, and you understand what it means and actually invoke your right to silence (note: you have to say you are invoking your right …
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Personal injury claims in Georgia Law are predicated on the principles of negligence, usually, and are a staple of the public policy of libertarianism. A person has a right to be left alone in his business and his life; and, when a party interferes with that right to be left alone and causes an injury, that …
Continue reading Georgia Law – Personal Injury“Conversion” is a tort, for which the action of “trover” will lie. Conversion is the interference with the dominion over or ownership of personal property. Conversion is an intentional tort, and would not be a cause of action in a claim for negligent destruction of personal property. To win a claim for conversion, the Plaintiff …
Continue reading Georgia Law – Property Damage, Conversion, SpecificallyNegligence, a very broad legal concept, is based on the simple principle that people have a right to be left alone, and when a person interferes with that right, when he or she shouldn’t have, the person who’s life has been affected should be entitled to compensation. Usually, negligence is a factor in most wrongful …
Continue reading Georgia Law – Negligence“Every man has a right to the enjoyment of a good reputation unassailed, as he has a right to life, liberty, or property. It was long ago said that ‘[a] good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.’ Prov. XXII:1. A suit for defamation is based on the injury done to reputation.” One of the only …
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A common public misconception with my profession (a personal injury trial lawyer), is that we’re ambulance chasers looking for an easy buck. Mark Levin calls us “slip and fall” lawyers as if to discredit our legitimacy with issues like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Listeners to The David Dorer Show know that I …
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