Case expenses are the out-of-pocket costs spent to investigate, build, and pursue a claim, and they are deducted from the settlement separately from the attorney's percentage fee. These are real...
There is no law setting different damage values by county, and the same Georgia rules on damages apply everywhere in the state. In practice, though, juries in different parts of...
When logs come loose from a timber truck, responsibility usually centers on whoever was charged with loading and securing the cargo, and it can extend to the trucking company and...
Releasing one at-fault party does not automatically release the others under Georgia law. The state has moved away from the old common-law trap in which settling with one wrongdoer wiped...
When the person who caused harm was a federal employee acting within the scope of federal duties, the claim usually does not proceed as an ordinary Georgia lawsuit against that...
A child's injury settlement in Georgia can be set up as a structured annuity that pays out over time rather than all at once. These arrangements are common for minors...
When an injured adult cannot manage their own legal affairs, a Georgia injury claim proceeds through a representative who acts on their behalf, with added court oversight to protect the...
The premise needs a small correction. Under O.C.G.A. § 33-24-41.1, a Georgia underinsured motorist carrier cannot actually require its permission before a claimant settles with the at-fault driver's insurer. What...
A contingency fee ties the lawyer's payment to the outcome: the attorney is paid a percentage of what the client recovers, and if there is no recovery, there is no...
The county where a Georgia injury case is heard, its venue, can shape the practical experience of the case even though the governing law is the same statewide. Venue determines...