ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A judicial order handed down during the early days of the COVID pandemic suspended all deadlines in civil lawsuits including the statute of repose, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled, reviving a medical malpractice suit by a woman who claims a hospital misdiagnosed sepsis that cost her parts of her fingers and toes.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A home inspection company with basically a one-year warranty on its work can't be sued after a retaining wall collapsed and killed a client after that timeframe.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline) — The Georgia Supreme Court accepted the voluntary surrender of a Georgia attorney's law license after he was accused of communicating with a person represented by another attorney without permission.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline) — The Georgia Supreme Court recently rendered a decision regarding disciplinary matters involving an attorney who voluntarily surrendered his license ahead of being disbarred after he was accused of failing to pursue several client claims, which resulted in dismissal due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline) — The Georgia Supreme Court recently decided disciplinary matters involving the disbarment of an attorney who was accused of misappropriating funds.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A Georgia sheriff will face a lawsuit over the death of a man in the back of a patrol car, finding there is no immunity for him simply because the car was not running.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Ford Motor Co. may have to defend itself against a lawsuit over a car design more than 10 years old after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the state’s statute of repose contains an exception for “reckless” conduct - the latest setback in what's becoming a series in the state's courts.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A trial judge was correct to bar two physicians from testifying in a lawsuit over the death of a man who contracted an “ultra-rare” case of severe malaria after visiting Africa, a Georgia appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments the doctors could tell jurors the patient would have lived with different treatment.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The Georgia Supreme Court has removed a Court of Appeals judge and former Republican lawmaker from the bench over allegations he took advantage of an elderly client while in private practice.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A customer who plunged his hand into a pitcher of liquid nitrogen at the urging of an employee who bet him the value of two dinners can sue the restaurant for negligent hiring and supervision, a Georgia appeals court ruled, even as it dismissed claims the worker was acting in the interests of his employer.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The adult daughter of a man who died after medical treatment can sue his doctor for wrongful death if the man’s widow refuses to do so, Georgia’s highest court ruled, overturning appellate decisions that restricted the right to sue in such cases to minor children.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The Atlanta transportation authority isn’t responsible for the injuries of a man who fell as one of its trains was leaving the station, a Georgia appeals court ruled, reversing a trial judge’s decision that would have allowed a jury to hear the case.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The relatives of a woman who died of an opioid overdose can’t take advantage of a Georgia law that extends the statute of limitations for torts in connection with a crime, an appeals court ruled, dismissing a lawsuit against a doctor who was later convicted of illegal prescribing.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A Georgia mortgage company gets a second chance to sue U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for accusing the firm of firing an executive whose police officer stepson was arrested for shooting a Black man.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A grandfather who was captured on videotape walking away from his 4-year-old granddaughter at a busy pool party before she drowned is primarily responsible for the girl’s death, a Georgia appeals court ruled, rejecting an attempt by the child’s mother to collect damages from the party hosts and the company that built the pool.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – Ford Motor Company will not yet be able to claim a plaintiff alleging injuries from a defective restraint system wasn’t wearing hers.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Snap Inc. might be to blame for a car accident in which a woman rear-ended another car at 107 mph while using SnapChat’s Speed Filter feature, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments companies shouldn’t be liable for the criminal misuse of their products.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A third count has rejected Edible Arrangements’ racketeering lawsuit against Google over its monetization of the search term “edible arrangements.”
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – The resolution of confusion in the wording of a Georgia tort reform law means lone defendants won’t be able to argue they weren’t wholly at fault for a plaintiff’s alleged injuries.
