Liability for a crowd-surge injury at a large Atlanta venue usually centers on whether those responsible for the event and the premises failed to manage foreseeable crowd risks. A surge...
For injuries that arise out of or in the course of military service, an active-duty servicemember generally cannot sue the federal government, even if the harm happened in Georgia. A...
Some Georgia injury claims can reasonably be handled alone, while others carry risks that representation is designed to manage. The dividing line usually turns on the seriousness of the injury,...
Georgia's statutory framework rejects the old rule that releasing one wrongdoer discharges all of them, and instead lets a claimant settle with one party while keeping claims against the others...
Splitting a fee between two attorneys does not raise the total a client pays in Georgia. When one lawyer refers a case to another and they share the resulting fee,...
Spectators struck by a foul ball at a Georgia ballpark face one of the toughest hurdles in injury law: the long-standing rule that some risks come with watching a baseball...
When defendants live in different Georgia counties, the location of trial is shaped by a constitutional venue rule and a statute that lets joint wrongdoers be sued together. The general...
A pregnant woman injured by another's negligence in Georgia may pursue the same personal-injury claim as any other injured person. Pregnancy does not limit her right to recover for the...
When an injured person dies, their personal-injury claim does not automatically disappear in Georgia. The cause of action survives to the person's estate, which can continue the lawsuit through the...
A survival action lets a Georgia estate recover the losses the deceased person personally suffered from the injury before death, rather than the value of the life itself. The focus...