With more than $300 million in results, the firm has a proven track record of representing victims of spinal cord, brain and burn injuries; pain syndromes; and other serious injuries and wrongful death. The firm recently recovered an amazing $20 million in a single week. “That was a special week,” remarks Goldberg. “We had cases set back-to-back for mediation and trial and the outcome was a record result.”

“We are committed to getting the best possible results for our clients,” adds Rogers, “but also to giving back to the community.” The partners serve locally and nationally in leadership positions and are frequent speakers at educational seminars for lawyers, judges and law enforcement personnel.

U.S. News & World Report has included our firm on its 2012 list of the nation’s “Best Law Firms.” Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC was ranked in the second tier of personal injury attorneys representing plaintiffs. That’s what our attorneys do day in and day out—fight on behalf of those injured through no fault of their own, most often in vehicle accidents with tractor-trailers.

Latest in a String of Honors

Our attorneys were named 2012 Georgia Super Lawyers earlier this year. Additionally, Joe Fried was included in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, which cited his unique approach to dealing with clients and tackling their cases.

In recent years, we at Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC have recovered more than $200 million on behalf of injured clients across 20 states. Our work in truck accident litigation has attracted national recognition, and our attorneys are sought for advice by other lawyers handling trucking cases.

But our passion is for dealing with our clients, not other lawyers. If you’ve been injured, contact us today for a free consultation. One of our attorneys will inform you of your legal rights and tell you what we can do to help you stick up for them.

Joseph Fried mentioned on Twitter recently that he had an unusually busy calendar, with a string of back-to-back trials. But by last weekend that seemed to change. A Saturday tweet said, “Case settled. No trial Monday.”

On Monday morning, that more traditional type of communication, a phone call, revealed it wasn’t just one case that settled last week. It was six, including two on Friday.

Six?

“I guess the planets aligned,” said Fried, a partner at Fried Rogers Golderg. “I resolved six cases last week.”

Total value of the six settlements: $20 million. Fried said his partner, Michael Godberg, told him, “You just had an incredible year – in a week.”

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A Fulton country jury last week awarded nearly $2 million to a woman whose leg was badly fractured when her car was rear-ended by a commercial van, and added another $218,000 for the woman’s husband.

Because the woman offered to settle for $1 million almost two years ago, the final judgment includes more than $109,000 in interest, bringing the total award to almost $2.3 million.

The case illustrates what Fried Rogers Goldberg partner Michael L. Goldberg described as a noticeable trend of insurers undervaluing injuries that, while not life-threatening, result in invasive surgery and permanent damage.

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Joe Fried is a former police officer and judge with a diverse background in physics, engineering, and accident reconstruction as well psychodrama, neurolinguistics, and story-telling. While understanding the technical aspects of cases is important, the key to winning, Fried emphasizes, is: “understanding what makes people tick.”

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I was recently asked about the validity of “driver exclusion” in a liability insurance policy. Many times substandard auto insurers will issue a policy to an individual but will specifically exclude certain people from driving the vehicle, such as a wife or child. Unfortunately, these exclusions are valid.

If the person who caused the wreck and injures someone is a specifically excluded driver, there will be no liability insurance available to the injured party, or “claimant.” The claimant must look to his own uninsured motorist coverage to provide coverage for the loss.

If the claimant’s insurance carrier (the uninsured motorist carrier) does not agree that the excluded driver has no coverage, then the claimant has to file suit against the excluded driver and serve the uninsured motorist carrier. Once the liability insurer refuses to provide a defense to the excluded driver, the uninsured motorist carrier will have no choice but to step in and defend the excluded driver and to admit that the driver is uninsured or risk a default judgment. With the help of an attorney, filing that claim can allow the claimant to ultimately receive coverage and compensation from his or her own uninsured motorist policy.