The two kinds of damages serve opposite purposes. Compensatory damages restore the injured person; punitive damages punish the wrongdoer. In Georgia, compensatory damages are the default remedy in almost every...
For negligence cases governed by the apportionment statute, Georgia largely replaced traditional joint and several liability with a system in which each defendant pays its own share. Under O.C.G.A. §...
Whether insurance covers a punitive award depends on the policy and on what the defendant did, and the answer is often no. Liability insurance is designed to cover accidental harm,...
Whether fault gets divided between an employer and an employee depends on what kind of claim is alleged against the employer. When the employer's liability rests purely on being responsible...
Georgia's apportionment system largely removed the traditional reason defendants used to chase each other for reimbursement. Because each liable party generally pays only its own assigned percentage, there is usually...
Georgia law uses no formula or multiplier to set pain-and-suffering damages. There is no rule that takes the medical bills and multiplies them by a fixed number. Instead, the amount...
When more than one injured person sues together, Georgia does not lump them into a single fault calculation. Each plaintiff's claim is evaluated on its own, with its own damages...
Filing an injury claim with an auto insurance adjuster in Georgia follows a fairly predictable arc: report the crash, document the harm, present the claim, and negotiate. Understanding the sequence...
For emotional distress caused by ordinary negligence, Georgia generally does require a physical impact and resulting physical injury. This long-standing principle is known as the impact rule, and it limits...
A vocational expert is not strictly required to prove lost earning capacity in Georgia, but such testimony often strengthens a claim, especially where the loss is complex. Georgia treats the...