Every chapter in this book answers a question that starts the same way: something happened, and now there's a decision to make with incomplete details under time pressure. The first hours at the scene, the police report, the insurance adjuster's phone call, the deadline that doesn't pause for grief, the malpractice case that needs an expert before it can even be filed. None of those moments come with an instruction manual, which is the reason this one exists.
What connects all ten chapters is a single approach, not a single legal rule. Gather the evidence before it disappears. Understand what Georgia law allows before accepting what an insurer offers. Move quickly when the other side already has, and treat the deadline as real even when the case doesn't feel finished. That approach applies whether the claim involves a fender bender on Abercorn Street or a catastrophic truck collision on I-16.