Areas of Practice

The Firm handles cases involving:

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE/NEGLIGENCE
Rich Brannon begin handling medical negligence cases in the early 90's. Rich studied and learned his craft by working with two mentors who had successful medical negligence practices. Thereafter, Rich ventured forth on his own successfully and has continued to do so throughout the 1990's up until the present. His $863,180.00 verdict in a Hall County medical negligence trial in 2001 is the largest medical malpractice verdict ever in that venue. (See attached "Fulton Daily Report" Article).

In 1996 Rich obtained a $2,000,000.00 million dollar settlement in a medical negligence case just prior to trial. This still remains one of the largest medical malpractice settlements ever recorded on the Northeastern Judicial Circuit.

Medical negligence cases are both difficult and expensive to pursue. Many people and their lawyers simply give up due to the high costs and emotional stress connected with these kinds of cases. You must have a lawyer who knows what he is doing and "knows the ropes" to successfully conclude medical cases.

Always interview your lawyer one on one before making a decision on hiring an attorney. In order to have a medical case that you and your lawyer can pursue you must have serious damages. These cases are "cost-prohibitive" so the injuries suffered must be severe in order to justify the risk and cost of a medical negligence trial. If your potential attorney does not tell you this, consider interviewing someone else. The attorney must know and explain this to you in order for you to make a good decision.

Rich can help you make that decision and will pay the costs of pursuing the case and will be reimbursed from the successful conclusion of the case. You, the client, will not be required to come up with the money to pursue your case. Nor are you required to pay Rich as the case proceeds. We are only paid when we win the case.

BRAIN INJURY
In the early 1990's Mr. Brannon successfully handled his first brain injury case. He has pursued and won cases involving brain injuries to both adults and children. These cases require specialized knowledge and the right experts in order to succeed. The costs of pursuing brain injury cases are high but successful results insure that it is worth the effort and expense. Rich has handled cases of brain injury brought about by trauma/medical malpractice at birth, car wrecks, and truck collisions. Brain damage can occur in a seemingly mild automobile or truck accident. It is usually the family of the injured person that first notices changes in the personality of a loved one, or themselves.

Hire a lawyer who cares and knows how to pursue a brain injury case. We invite you to interview us at The Brannon Law Office and make your own decision.

SPINAL CORD INJURIES
Rich Brannon's very first spinal cord injury/wrongful death case resulted in a $1,750,000.00 settlement just hours before the trial was to begin.

The case of Curtis Martin v. The Georgia Department of Public Safety arose from a high speed chase conducted by the Georgia State Patrol, and the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Department. In this case they chased a speeder across twenty-three miles of north Georgia country roads. Ultimately, this insane chase brought about the death of a grandmother and paralyzed her grandson from the neck down. In the end causing two deaths, because before the trial the grandson also passed away due to complications of the spinal cord injury. This was a "David V. Goliah" case where government sought to break us financially and make us quit by dragging the case out for over five years. It was one of Rich's very first civil cases against a government giant, their team of government lawyers, and another team hired by the government of high-priced insurance defense attorneys. Mr. Brannon could not comprehend that he was supposed to give up when faced with a dilemma of this nature. The case was exhausting, both emotionally and financially. It received much media coverage from both television and newspapers. You can read about in the attached article, "The Times, October 17, 1989".

According to where the injury lies along the spine, spinal cord injuries can cause varying degrees of paralyzation. Cervical injuries generally cause the most serious degrees of paralyzation. Ranging from complete quadriplegia to partial quadriplegia which is being paralyzed from some portion of the neck down. One might have some limited use of the arms or hands according to the level of the lesion/neurologic injury. If the neurologic injury is further down in the thoracic levels of the spine or beginning lumbar levels the injured person will likely suffer from paraplegia; generally known as from the waist down.

Recovery is somewhat unpredictable depending on whether the injury is a complete severing of the spinal cord or an incomplete injury with partial tearing or bruising of the cord.

One reason these cases are so expensive to pursue is that the potential witness list for deposition testimony and/or trial testimony usually consists of: emergency room staff, physicians, neurosurgeon neurologists, orthopedic surgeon, physiatrist, physical therapists, occupational therapists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, rehabilitation counselor/therapist, rehabilitation consultant, orthotist, psychologist, psychiatrist, nurses, economist, employment expert, recreational therapist, and speech therapist. All of these people charge, usually a lot, to give any testimony on behalf of one's client.

The same rules apply here as when hiring an attorney for a brain injury case. They must know what they are doing, and they must "know the ropes". Once again the rule is, interview your attorney one on one before you make a decision about who you want to represent you or a loved one.

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