In two consolidated cases, the Georgia Supreme Court examined the extent of liability faced by premises owners, occupiers, and security contractors in personal injury cases involving third-party criminal conduct. A win in these cases was critical for maintaining the right to hold defendants accountable for taking safety risks with their…
The page is about negligent security lawsuits in Georgia. We look at how these lawsuits work, what negligent security lawyers in Georgia need to do to prove a claim, and how these lawsuits work. Our lawyers also provide insight into the settlement amounts and jury payouts victims see in these…
Dog bites can cause serious physical injuries and dog owners can be held liable for those injuries. Dog bite statutes differ widely from state to state. In Georgia, the law has established particular conditions and rules around owner liability when their dog bites or injures another person. This page breaks…
A truck accident wrongful death claim in Georgia was dismissed on summary judgment by the trial court. This week, the truck accident lawsuit was reinstated by a Georgia appeals court. The case presents interesting issues as to the application of comparative negligence where there is a factual dispute among witnesses.…
This page is about Georgia wrongful death law. The purpose is to explain how the wrongful death statute works and who is eligible for either settlement compensation or a jury payout. We also explain the second cause of action in death cases, a survival action which provides a second path…
A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a trial court’s disqualification of an expert witness in a suit accusing a hospital’s nurses of failing to prevent a patient’s internal bleeding, which proved fatal, saying the plaintiffs’ expert, a physician, was not qualified to opine on the standard of care for…
In Hamon v. Connell, the Georgia Supreme Court was presented with an interesting question: can an adult child bring a wrongful death lawsuit if the widow refuses to bring a claim? Facts of Hamon v. Connell The petitioner is the only surviving child of the decedent. She brought a medical…
This was a years-old post about an awful — just absolutely awful — product liability case involving a jet ski. But it is 2020 and people will not care about that case like they did when it was news. So I converted the post to the settlement value of jet…
Many states are trying to carve out malpractice caps and different standards of care for emergency room doctors in medical malpractice cases. The thinking starts out okay. Emergency department doctors should be given the benefit of the doubt because things are happening so quickly. But ER doctors are always…
This post is about a significant verdict in Georgia after an awful circumcision mishap caused a boy severe and permanent injuries. In this post, I talk about this tragic case and take a deep dive into the statute of limitations in Georgia in birth injury cases. The Big Verdict A…