Ga. Supreme: Retailers Can Be Held Liable for Loads That Fall off Customers’ Vehicles March 9, 2022 By Jim Sams Georgia shoppers who are unable to load bulky purchases onto their vehicles by themselves might find store employees less willing...
COVID-19 Rulings – Mostly Insurer Wins – Moving to Appellate Courts January 4, 2021 By Jim Sams A wave of litigation over business-interruption losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders has started splashing into the appellate courts. Appeals...
Georgia Court Allows Lawsuit Against Sperm Bank to Proceed September 29, 2020 By Kate Brumback ATLANTA — A couple who accused a sperm bank of misrepresenting its process for screening donors and providing incorrect medical...
After Refusing $30K Settlement Offer, Bad Faith Suit May Cost GEICO $2.7M September 29, 2020 By Jim Sams More than eight years after Bonnie Winslett tore up and threw away a summons that notified her she was being...
Fiat Chrysler Requests New Trial After $40M Jeep Fire Award October 26, 2017 By KATE BRUMBACK After a family was awarded $40 million in the death of a 4-year-old boy in a Jeep fire, Fiat Chrysler...
Georgia High Court Says Dog’s Worth is Market Value Plus Medical Costs June 8, 2016 By KATE BRUMBACK To its owner, a pet dog may be priceless – and even though Georgia’s highest court didn’t go quite that...
Does Policy Provision Stating the Insurer Will Not Withhold its Consent to Settle Unreasonably Vitiate the Consent to Settlement Requirement? July 17, 2015 By Steven Plitt An interesting question recently came before the Georgia Supreme Court. In Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins....
Georgia Court Rejects Bad Faith Claim Citing Insurer’s Lack of Consent to Settlement April 27, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement...
Gunshot Claim Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Settlement: Georgia Supreme Court September 27, 2012 By Michael Adams A worker who unintentionally shot a co-worker can be sued in civil court since his actions were outside the scope...