- Wrongful DeathJarome E. Gautreaux is a founding member of the Macon, Georgia law firm of Gautreaux Law, LLC. His practice focuses on representing persons and families in cases involving catastrophic injuries or wrongful death arising from medical malpractice, defective products, tractor trailer wrecks, automobile wrecks and workplace accidents.
- Workers CompensationMany people assume they are limited to whatever workers compensation pays them when they are injured on the job. As a result, injured employees may be missing out on significant sources of compensation for their injuries and lost income. While it … [Continue reading]
- Premises LiabilityJarome Gautreaux is a Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyer. Jarome represents people, not companies. He represents people who have been seriously hurt and families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. He focuses on serious injuries and wrongful death cases in the areas of medical malpractice, product defects, trucking wrecks, workplace injuries, and premises security/premises liability.
- Personal InjuryDuring just a few minutes of watching television last night, I must have seen 10 commercials featuring lawyers talking about getting money for all sorts of personal injury cases – drug defects, auto wrecks, trucking wrecks, and medical negligence. The commercials make it seem awfully easy to get insurance companies to pay big money for these types of cases. But I know from experience with my clients that this perception is simply not reality; insurance companies are sophisticated, and they do not easily pay big money on claims for personal injury. In fact, we too often see the opposite: folks make mistakes trying to handle their injury case and the insurance company was using those mistakes against them and refusing to pay them a fair amount. Or, sometimes, the insurance company denied the claim completely.
- Medical MalpracticeIf you or a family member go to an Emergency Room in Georgia, what level of care do you expect to receive? Some lawyers for doctors and hospitals say that you are only entitled to receive something called “slight care” which is lower than the historical standard of “ordinary care” or reasonable care” that we’ve operated under for many years in Georgia medical malpractice cases.