A manufacturer can raise the argument that an injured person voluntarily chose to use a product despite knowing its danger. This is the assumption-of-risk idea, and in Georgia it can...
The company that made a single defective part inside a larger product can be a proper defendant in Georgia. A component maker is the manufacturer of its own part, and...
Neuropsychological testing gives a traumatic brain injury claim something it badly needs: objective, measurable evidence of cognitive harm. Where imaging may look normal and symptoms can seem subjective, a battery...
Future medical expenses are recoverable in Georgia when the evidence shows, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that the care will be needed and what it will cost. The law...
Not necessarily. While the ten-year statute of repose in O.C.G.A. § 51-1-11 cuts off most strict-liability claims that a product was defectively designed or manufactured, the statute treats a manufacturer's...
Georgia law recognizes that a manufacturer's duty to warn does not always end at the moment of sale. When a maker later learns that its product carries a danger it...
When a jury returns a verdict larger than the at-fault driver's policy limits, the basic rule is that the insurer pays up to the limit and the insured is personally...
Modifying a product after buying it can complicate a Georgia defect claim, but it does not always defeat one. Whether an alteration ends the case depends on what was changed,...
A retail store usually cannot be held strictly liable in Georgia just for selling a defective product. Georgia reserves strict product liability for manufacturers, and a store that merely sold...
Both an airbag that did not deploy when it should have and one that ruptured or deployed violently can support a Georgia product claim. An airbag is a safety device...