Personal Injury Lawyer in Lawrenceville, GA

Highway 316

Highway 316 — University Parkway — runs from I-85 through Lawrenceville toward Athens, and for years it carried interstate-speed traffic through intersections with traffic signals. That combination is behind some of the most serious crashes in Gwinnett. There are high-speed rear-end collisions at signals. There are T-bone crashes when a driver crossing or turning onto the highway misjudges oncoming traffic.

Many of those intersections have been or are being rebuilt as interchanges, which changes the risk without eliminating it. Work zones bring their own crashes — sudden lane shifts, narrowed shoulders and stopped traffic where drivers do not expect it.

The rest of the map

Sugarloaf Parkway loops around the east side of the county and carries heavy commuter and retail traffic. Buford Drive (Highway 20) runs north past shopping centers toward Mall of Georgia. Lawrenceville Highway (US-29) is an older corridor with dense driveways. And around Georgia Gwinnett College, student traffic adds peaks at the start and end of classes.

Gwinnett is the county seat — and that matters

Lawrenceville is home to the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, where Gwinnett County’s courts sit. Most injury claims settle without going to court, but when one does not, where it is filed depends on where the at-fault party lives. A crash in Lawrenceville involving a Gwinnett driver will often end up here.

Serious crash injuries in this area are frequently treated at Northside Hospital Gwinnett. Keep your discharge papers and make sure the follow-up care happens. A gap in treatment is the most common reason an insurer discounts a claim.

A county with a lot of work driving

Gwinnett has a large logistics and warehousing presence, along with construction, healthcare and service industries whose workers spend much of the day driving. Maybe you were hurt while delivering, driving between job sites or running an errand for your employer. Then you may have two claims. One is workers’ compensation through your employer’s insurer, and the other is against the at-fault driver. See work-related car accidents.

What we handle for Lawrenceville clients

We handle car accidents and rear-end collisions, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, workers’ compensation, Uber and Lyft accidents, slip and fall and wrongful death claims.

The rules

Georgia is an at-fault state. Your recovery is reduced by any share of fault assigned to you and barred at 50% (O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33). The deadline to file suit for an injury is generally two years (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33). For a work injury, report it to your employer within 30 days (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-80) and file the claim within one year (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-82).

What to do now

Get treated and keep every appointment. Get the police report number — Lawrenceville Police inside the city, Gwinnett County Police elsewhere in the county, or the Georgia State Patrol. Do not give the other driver’s insurer a recorded statement.

Consultations are by phone or video, so the distance to the Alpharetta office does not matter. You speak with Jeff Snell directly.

Lawrenceville cases are handled by Jeff Snell, an injury lawyer in Alpharetta who works with Gwinnett clients by phone and video.

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Common questions

Why is Highway 316 so dangerous?

For years it carried interstate-speed traffic through signalized intersections, causing high-speed rear-end and T-bone crashes. Intersections being rebuilt as interchanges bring work-zone crashes too.

Where are Gwinnett County's courts?

At the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. A crash involving a Gwinnett driver will often end up there if it does not settle.

I was treated at Northside Hospital Gwinnett. What should I do next?

Keep your discharge papers and make sure the follow-up care happens. A gap in treatment is the most common reason an insurer discounts a claim.

Which agency has my Lawrenceville crash report?

Lawrenceville Police inside the city, Gwinnett County Police elsewhere in the county, or the Georgia State Patrol.

I was hurt in a crash while working in Gwinnett. Do I have two claims?

You may: a workers' comp claim through your employer's insurer and an injury claim against the at-fault driver.