Georgia Civil Trial Lawyers

A Proven Personal Injury Practice

Backed by over half a century of combined experience, our Georgia attorneys have helped victims prevail in a range of personal injury actions. With a long history of fighting for the injured, we know how vital these cases are to the physical, financial, and emotional health of our clients, and for the future of their families. As such, we’ve made it our mission to utilize our extensive experience and deep resources to help clients fight for the maximum compensation possible.

If you’ve been injured in a preventable accident or lost a loved one to negligence, we want to help. Our team has experience handling an array of civil injury cases and can speak with you about yours during a FREE consultation.

Examples of the personal injury cases we handle include:

• Auto Accidents. Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. has recovered millions in compensation for victims injured by negligent motorists. We handle cases involving drunk driving, distracted driving, and other negligent driving behaviors, as well as complex and high stakes claims involving commercial trucks, rideshare vehicles, and injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists. 
• Nursing Home Abuse. Our firm has built an impressive legacy litigating nursing home neglect and abuse cases on behalf of nursing home residents and families across the country. Our firm has successfully resolved claims involving negligent care, bedsores, and abuse and exploitation. 
• Mass Tort Litigation. Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. is trusted by countless colleagues and clients to handle mass torts involving injuries and deaths caused by toxic exposure and dangerous products, drugs, and medical devices. With our considerable experience and resources, we’re uniquely positioned to help mass tort plaintiffs take on even the most powerful corporations and insurance carriers. 
• Premises Liability. In Georgia, victims injured by hazardous conditions on someone else’s property can hold landowners liable for their damages under premises liability laws. Our team has extensive experience handling premises cases involving slip and falls, negligent security, and other property-related accidents. 
• Construction Accidents. Construction workers have important but dangerous jobs, and face risks of injuries that can jeopardize their ability to work and earn income, if not their lives. At Edwards & Ragatz, P.A., we fight for construction workers and non-workers in civil claims that seek compensation for resulting damages. 
• Products Liability. As a firm with a legacy of fighting powerful corporations and insurance carriers, we’re equipped with the resources to help victims take on manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who made unsafe products available to the public. We handle all aspects of defective product cases and claims involving design, manufacturing, and marketing defects.
• Serious Injuries. Catastrophic injuries have an overwhelming potential to upend the lives of families and subject victims to lifetimes of pain, suffering, disability, and limitations. From brain injuries to spinal cord injuries, we help victims who’ve suffered the most serious harms fight for fair recoveries to cover all past and future losses. 
• Wrongful Death. Few things are as tragic as the untimely loss of a loved one, which is why our firm offers caring and compassionate service to surviving family members looking to seek justice in wrongful death and survival actions. In these challenging cases, we’ve recovered millions in verdicts and settlements for families.
• Sexual Assault and Abuse. Survivors of sexual assault and abuse often struggle with a lifetime of trauma that can contribute to immense emotional suffering, mental health issues, addiction, and other problems. At Edwards & Ragatz, P.A., we help survivors sexually assaulted or abused as children and adults in civil claims that seek compensation from abusers and at-fault institutions. 

Record Results in Medical Malpractice Cases

Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. has built a legacy litigating medical malpractice cases for patients and families harmed by negligent health care providers. 

As a leader in this field, we’ve earned widespread respect for our ability to help plaintiffs level the playing field with hospitals, physician groups, medical malpractice insurers, and other powerful health care companies that care more about profits than people and have successfully recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. Our successes also include record-setting verdicts and settlements, including a record-setting $178 million verdict for a client who was injured due to medical malpractice. 

As a firm with considerable experience, extensive resources, and invaluable connections with medical experts, Edwards & Ragatz, P.A. is prepared to handle all types of medical malpractice claims, including those involving:

• Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis
• Failures to diagnose stroke and heart attacks
• Pharmaceutical and anesthesia errors
• Birth injuries
• Failures to treat a condition to respond to medical emergencies
• Surgical errors, including post-operative complications and infections
• Hospital negligence

Medical malpractice claims are highly complex, fact-specific, and contested cases that health care entities and insurance companies view as big threats to their bottom line. As such, they demand the insight of attorneys who have proven experience in this field, as well as the resources to investigate and litigate them effectively. 

To request your consultation for a personal injury, medical malpractice, or nursing home abuse matter, give us a call at (904) 295-1050 or complete an online contact form.