Georgia Personal Injury, Car Accident and Wrongful Death Attorneys

Bird Law Group

2170 Defoor Hills Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30318
USA

(800) 338-2976

www.birdmabrey.com

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Bird Law Group, P.C. is an experienced, dedicated law firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our firm is lead by Attorney William Q. Bird, who has successfully represented clients throughout the state of Georgia for more than 45 years. From catastrophic brain injury to medical malpractice, our firm has prosecuted some of the most complex cases of serious personal injury in Georgia. Our experienced injury lawyers regularly obtain large verdicts and settlements on behalf of injured people and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Our firm has a reputation as one of the most resolute and demanding litigation teams in the state of Georgia. For this reason, our law firm receives many referrals of personal injury claims from other lawyers who trust our skills and ability. When clients come to us, they become our top priority. The firm of Bird Law Group, P.C. is built upon a foundation of solid legal expertise, high ethical standards, and a reputation for honest and dedicated representation of our clients.

From our Midtown Atlanta office location, our experienced trial attorneys represent injured clients and families throughout the metro Atlanta area. Our firm focuses our personal injury and wrongful death litigation practice on serving clients throughout Georgia, including in Athens, Marietta, Roswell, Decatur, College Park, Alpharetta, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Norcross, Chamblee, Sandy Springs, Macon and Buckhead, as well as in Fulton County, DeKalb County, Gwinnet County, Cobb County, Clayton County and Rockdale County.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Defective Medical Devices, Obstetric Injury Claims, Surgery and Anesthesia Errors, Misdiagnosis of Disease or Condition, Failure to Diagnose Cancer or Other Disease, Obstetric Mistakes

Practice Areas Description

At Bird Law Group, P.C., our skilled trial attorneys have experience in successfully advocating for the rights of personal injury victims. Our lawyers provide comprehensive personal injury counsel during negotiation and litigation, including representation in lawsuits related to:

- Medical Malpractice

Our medical malpractice lawyers represent injured clients in claims for surgical error, medication error, nursing error, failure to diagnose, misdiagnosis of diseases, medical negligence, obstetric injuries, brain damage, delayed c-section and other medical mal claims. Our malpractice lawyers regularly represent injured clients in medical negligence claims and litigation, including those involving:

· Obstetric mistakes, including labor and delivery errors
· Complicated birth injury claims
· Misdiagnosis of disease or condition
· Failure to diagnose cancer or other disease
· Infections
· Brain injury or head trauma
· Surgery and anesthesia errors
· Defective medical devices
· Defective drugs
· Medication errors
· Emergency room (ER) errors
· Wrongful death

- Obstetric Injury Claims

Our firm has been serving injured patients in the Atlanta area for more than 30 years. As experienced medical malpractice attorneys, we have extensive knowledge about how to best represent clients in obstetric injury lawsuits involving obstetrician (Ob-gyn) error and doctor negligence including cases involving:

· Brain trauma or injury
· Erb's palsy
· Cerebral palsy
· Complications from forceps delivery
· Complications from vacuum-assisted delivery
· Delayed cesarean section

- Birth Injury

We are skilled trial attorneys who handle personal injury claims against negligent doctors, nurses and hospitals for birth injuries such as cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, Klumpke's palsy and brain injury. We seek compensation for babies with injuries related to vacuum-assisted and forceps delivery, birth asphyxia, and fetal distress; complications arising from negligent vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC); and other injuries due to medical negligence and error during labor and delivery.

- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Our litigation law firm represents abuse and neglect victims in malpractice and negligence claims against nursing homes and assisted living facilities. We seek damages for seniors who are harmed by nursing home abuse and neglect, including malnutrition, dehydration, infections, broken bones, bedsores and pressure sores, rapid decline, fractures and falls due to inadequate assistance or dangerous conditions, assaults and physical abuse, sexual abuse, rapid decline, wrongful death, and injuries resulting from nursing home negligence, abuse or misconduct. Our lawyers work with the families of injured assisted living and nursing home residents to pursue claims for injury or death as the result of negligent or improper care.

- Wrongful Death

We are experienced wrongful death lawyers who handle wrongful death claims for the families of fatal accident victims who died or were killed as a result of medical malpractice, defective products, automobile accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, fatal brain injury or spinal cord injury, and other fatal accidents. Fatal accidents and deadly injuries can be caused by the negligence of a babysitter or other caregiver, doctor, nursing home staff, product designer or manufacturer, motorist or truck driver, or other liable person. If your loved one was killed in a fatal accident or died due to another person's negligence or recklessness, your family may be able to get compensation through a wrongful death lawsuit against the person who was responsible for the accident. Our lawyers vigorously pursue our clients' best interests. We are compassionate trial attorneys handling wrongful death and accident death claims resulting from:

· Car accidents and other fatal highway crashes
· Truck accidents and motorcycle accidents
· Nursing home abuse and neglect
· Defective products
· Dangerous drugs
· Defective medical devices
· Medical malpractice
· Fatal birth injury
· Fatal brain injury
· Fatal spinal cord injury

- Products Liability

Our firm represents clients in defective products lawsuits against the designers and makers of Vioxx and other prescription drugs, as well as the designers and manufacturers responsible for injuries caused by heavy machinery defects and auto defects, such as tire blowouts, airbag failures, faulty seatbelts, fuel system failures, and defective hydraulics or brakes, van or SUV rollover, defective roof design.

- Defective Drugs

Our defective drug trial lawyers engage in pharmaceutical litigation claims on behalf of injured patients with cardiovascular problems, heart attacks, or strokes due to drug manufacturers' failure to warn patients about the serious side effects and other complications of dangerous drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra, Accutane, Ephedra, Fen-Phen, Meridia, Neurontin, OxyContin, Prempro, Prozac, Ritalin, Serzone, Thimerosal, Viagra, Zicam, Zoloft, Zyprexa, and other defective prescription drugs.

- Defective Medical Devices

Our defective medical device litigation attorneys pursue compensation in personal injury lawsuits on behalf of victims of defective or dangerous medical devices, such as pacemakers, defibrillators, heart valve implants, hip replacement implants, and other defective medical products. Our defective product litigation attorneys assist clients who were injured by medical device failure or a defective medical product. We handle product liability lawsuits involving serious injury and death caused by medical products such as:

· Silzone® heart valve implant defects
· Defective Medtronic defibrillator heart leads
· Defective Sulzer hip implants
· Defective joint replacements
· Defibrillator defects
· Pacemaker malfunction
· Other defective implants

- Auto Accidents

Our Georgia car accident lawyers represent victims who suffered serious injury as a result of an automobile accident caused by another driver's negligence, carelessness, or reckless driving. We also pursue compensation for drivers and passengers who were seriously injured or killed due to automobile product defects such as defective tires, air bag defects, defective seatbelts, or other auto defects. We provide comprehensive personal injury help for victims of serious car accidents. Our law firm routinely advocates for the rights of victims and their families, and we seek compensation for people suffering from car accidents involving:

· Trucks and commercial vehicles
· Semi trucks and big rigs
· 18-wheelers and tractor trailers
· Motorcycles
· Pedestrians and bicycles
· Drunken drivers

- Truck Accidents

Our truck accident injury attorneys are dedicated to prosecuting claims for victims of serious injury resulting from truck and commercial vehicle accidents, including those involving semi-truck jackknifes, 18-wheeler collisions, tractor trailer rollovers, tire blowouts, and other truck-related accidents. Our firm has experience in handling claims for injury and death involving:

· Truck driver fatigue or falling asleep at the wheel
· Reckless or careless driving by truck driver
· Failure to comply with federal trucking laws
· Semi truck jackknife or other jackknifed trucks
· Big rig or 18-wheeler wreck
· Pedestrian or motorcycle rider fatality
· Car driver or passenger fatality
· Tractor trailer rollover
· Truck tire blowout
· Trailer defects
· Improper braking by truck driver
· Overloaded trailers and overweight trucks

- Motorcycle Accidents

Our Georgia accident lawyers represent bike riders in personal injury lawsuits to get compensation for the bikers' serious injuries that were caused by an automobile or truck driver's negligence, recklessness, carelessness, or failure to see the motorcyclist. As motorcycle riders and other motorists share Georgia streets, rural roads and interstate highways collisions and wrecks are all too common. In many cases, bikers are not at fault and the other driver is liable for the crash and the biker's injuries. We understand the many causes of motorcycle accidents, such as:

· Driver inattention or case of driver "just did not see motorcycle"
· Car or truck pulled out in front of a motorcycle
· Driver did not check blind spot for motorcycle before changing lanes
· Car or truck merged into motorcycle rider's lane and sideswiped bike
· Driver made a left turn in front of motorcycle rider at intersection
· Car or truck hit motorcycle because driver followed too closely
· Vehicle rear-ended motorcycle stopped at red light or stop sign

- Brain Injury

Our catastrophic injury attorneys prosecute claims on behalf of accident victims who suffered brain injury or spinal cord injury, as well as burn injury, amputation, fractures, paraplegia, paralysis, quadriplegia, and other devastating injuries related to the head or back. Our personal injury lawyers serve clients suffering from traumatic brain injuries and other serious brain damage after a catastrophic head injury. We handle personal injury lawsuits on behalf of victims suffering from head injuries and related injuries, such as:

· Closed head trauma
· Brain damage
· Skull fracture
· Concussion

Traumatic brain injury can result from any serious accident, but brain injuries are most common in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, and construction site accidents. Other head injuries can occur in slip and fall accidents on another person's property due to owner negligence, as well as falls in assisted living facilities due to nursing home negligence or neglect. Children are susceptible to brain injury as a result of shaken baby syndrome.

- Spinal Cord Injury

Our lawyers handle lawsuits on behalf of clients dealing with life-altering spinal cord injuries and the issues related to accidents that cause spinal cord injury, such as: birth injury, medical malpractice, such as back surgery errors, multiple spine fractures, nerve damage, paraplegia and quadriplegia, paralysis, amputation.