A distributor or wholesaler that simply moves a finished product through the supply chain generally is not strictly liable in Georgia, for the same reason a retail store is not:...
Vehicle modifications and adaptive equipment that a disabling injury makes necessary can be recovered in a Georgia claim. Reliable transportation is part of independent living, and when an injury means...
A claim against an injured person's own uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) carrier is a first-party claim, and Georgia attaches a bad-faith penalty to it. The controlling provision is not the general...
FDA involvement with a medical device can limit a Georgia injury claim, but it does not automatically end one. The effect depends on how the device went through the agency's...
The collateral source rule is the evidentiary principle that has historically kept a jury from hearing that an injured person's own insurance, such as medical payments coverage (MedPay), already paid...
Even though Georgia shields ordinary retailers from strict product liability, a seller is not automatically off the hook. A retailer can still be liable when its own conduct contributed to...
A passenger or other occupant of a Georgia vehicle is often covered by the uninsured motorist policy on that vehicle, even if they have no relationship to the owner. Most...
When a hit-and-run driver is never identified, the central legal question is how uninsured motorist coverage attaches to a crash with no known defendant. The answer turns on one statutory...
A serious injury can run up costs that exceed the at-fault party's insurance many times over. Georgia's minimum auto liability limits are only 25,000 dollars per person, and even a...
Yes. The learned-intermediary doctrine directly shapes how a failure-to-warn claim against a prescription-drug maker works in Georgia. It changes who the manufacturer must warn and, in turn, what an injured...