A Georgia injury case dismissed without a decision on the merits can sometimes be brought again even after the underlying deadline has passed, thanks to the state's renewal statute. The...
Georgia's criminal-case tolling statute is written for the victim of the alleged crime, but its reach is not limited to claims against the criminal defendant alone. The statute keys the...
Georgia keeps its immunity for choices that involve genuine policy judgment, even when the Tort Claims Act otherwise lets people sue the state. The discretionary-function exception exists so that courts...
A hospital lien is a legal claim a medical provider can assert against the money an injured person recovers from the party who caused the injury. In Georgia, O.C.G.A. §...
The State of Georgia is generally protected from lawsuits by sovereign immunity, so the only reason a person can sue it at all for an injury is that the legislature...
A survival claim is different from a wrongful-death claim, and so is its deadline. The survival action belongs to the deceased person's estate and seeks the losses the person suffered...
Under Georgia law, a health insurer generally cannot collect reimbursement from an injury recovery until the injured person has first been fully compensated for the entire loss. Georgia codifies this...
The default rule is that the State of Georgia cannot be sued without its consent. This protection, called sovereign immunity, is not something a court invented; it is built into...
A hospital lien in Georgia reaches the hospital's reasonable charges for the care, not whatever amount the hospital chooses to bill. The lien statute, O.C.G.A. § 44-14-470, ties the lien...
The Georgia Tort Claims Act deliberately redirects these lawsuits away from individuals and toward the government. When a state employee commits a tort while doing the job, the Act substitutes...