Personal Injury Lawyer in Marietta, GA

Where Marietta crashes happen

The I-75 and I-575 merge. North of Marietta, I-575 traffic from Cherokee County joins I-75 heading into Atlanta. Every weekday morning, two commuter streams compete for the same lanes. The result is rear-end chains when traffic stops suddenly, and sideswipes from late lane changes.

Cobb Parkway. US-41 runs parallel to the interstate through Marietta and carries a huge amount of local traffic past shopping centers, car dealerships and restaurants. It has the classic crash pattern of a busy suburban road. Cars turn left across oncoming lanes, pull out of driveways into traffic, and rear-end each other in long signal queues. The intersection with Roswell Road, by the Big Chicken, is as busy as any in the county.

Roswell Road and the Loop. Roswell Road (Highway 120) and the South Marietta Parkway loop around the Square carry commuters east and west across the county. Their intersections were not designed for today’s traffic.

Around Dobbins. Traffic in and out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base adds peaks at shift changes on the roads nearby.

After a serious crash

Many of the most seriously injured people from crashes in this part of Cobb County are taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. If that was you, keep your discharge paperwork, and make sure the follow-up care the hospital recommends actually happens. Gaps in treatment are the single most common reason an insurer discounts a claim.

If your case goes to court

Cobb County’s courts sit in Marietta. Most injury claims settle without a trial. When they do not, where a case is filed depends on where the at-fault driver lives, not only on where the crash happened. A crash in Marietta caused by a driver from another county may end up in that county’s courts.

The claims we handle for Marietta clients

• Car accidents — including rear-end collisions, the most common interstate crash.
• Truck accidents — I-75 carries heavy freight through Cobb.
• Work-related car accidents — hurt while driving for work, which often means two claims, not one.
• Workers’ compensation — on-the-job injuries of every kind.
• Uber and Lyft accidents
• Slip and fall and other premises injuries
• Wrongful death

The rules that apply

Georgia is an at-fault state. The driver who caused the crash, and their insurer, are responsible for your injuries. If you are found partly at fault, your recovery is reduced by that share, and barred entirely at 50% (O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33). The deadline to file suit is generally two years from the date of the crash (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33).

For work injuries, the deadlines are shorter. You have 30 days to report the injury to your employer (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-80), and generally one year to file the claim (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-82).

What to do now

Get treated, and keep every follow-up appointment. Photograph the vehicles and the scene. Get the police report number. It will come from Marietta Police inside the city, Cobb County Police in the unincorporated county, or the Georgia State Patrol on the interstate. Do not give the other driver’s insurer a recorded statement.

Then call. The office is in Alpharetta, about half an hour away, and most consultations happen by phone or video. You talk to Jeff Snell, the attorney who would handle the case.

Marietta cases are handled by Jeff Snell, an Alpharetta personal injury attorney about half an hour up the road.

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Common questions

Where do most crashes happen around Marietta?

At the I-75 and I-575 merge north of town and along Cobb Parkway (US-41). Also on Roswell Road and the South Marietta Parkway loop around the Square.

Which agency writes the crash report in Marietta?

Marietta Police inside the city, Cobb County Police in the unincorporated county, or the Georgia State Patrol on the interstate.

Where would a Marietta injury case be filed?

Cobb County's courts sit in Marietta, but a case is filed based on where the at-fault driver lives. A crash caused by a driver from another county may be heard in that county.

I was taken to Wellstar Kennestone after a crash. What should I keep?

Your discharge paperwork and a record of the follow-up care the hospital recommended. Make sure that care actually happens, because gaps in treatment hurt claims.

How long do I have to report a work injury in Cobb County?

30 days to report it to your employer (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-80), and generally one year to file the claim (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-82).