So you’ve just been in a wreck and your car was damaged. What do you do now?

If you have Collision Coverage:

If your personal insurance coverage includes Collision, you’re in luck! You can easily set up a claim with your insurance agent to have your property damage claim resolved starting immediately and give the at-fault driver’s insurance time to complete their liability and coverage investigation. 

Talk about an oxymoron, huh? Unrequired must haves are insurance coverages that are not required under Georgia Law, yet we at Starks Byron highly recommend. By law, it is required that Georgia drivers possess minimum bodily injury limits of $25,000.00 per person, $50,000.00 per incident and property damage liability limits of $25,000.00 per occurrence only.  

Even with some businesses reopening and the statewide shelter-at-home order lifted, the coronavirus outbreak continues to keep Georgia courts from returning to normal operations. In fact, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton on Monday, May 4^th announced that he’s extending the statewide judicial emergency for the second time. The judicial emergency, which was last scheduled to end May 13, 2020, will now be in effect through 11:59 pm on Friday, June 12, 2020. That means civil and criminal jury trials will continue to be on hold and no jurors or grand jurors will be called to serve.

Here at Starks Byron, we understand intimately the incredibly stressful times we are all living in.  If you have a personal injury case in progress, your stress levels may be at an all time high and you may be wondering how the Covid-19 outbreak will impact your legal matter.  You should be reassured that we are prepared to continue bringing your case to a resolution and are taking a proactive approach to your legal representation during this unprecedented pandemic.