Proving lasting cognitive impairment from a traumatic brain injury in Georgia rests on connecting documented deficits to the trauma through credible medical and testing evidence. Cognitive injuries are harder to...
A claim against a drug manufacturer in Georgia follows the same product-liability foundation as other defective-product cases, but prescription medications carry their own rules about warnings, causation, and the role...
Care provided by family members can be a recoverable element of damages in Georgia, even when no money changes hands within the family. The principle is that the negligent party...
Georgia law generally lets an injured person settle with the at-fault driver's liability insurer without first obtaining permission from their own uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) carrier, provided the settlement is structured...
Yes. Once an uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) carrier pays a claim in Georgia, it ordinarily gains the right to chase the at-fault driver for what it paid out. This right is...
When a hit-and-run or phantom driver causes a crash and cannot be identified, Georgia's uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) system still gives the injured person a path to recover, but it runs...
Georgia places an outer time limit on most claims that a product was defectively designed or made. Under O.C.G.A. § 51-1-11, a strict-liability product action generally must be brought within...
The lifetime cost of replacing prosthetics and other assistive devices is recoverable in Georgia when the injury makes those devices reasonably necessary. A prosthetic limb, a custom wheelchair, or a...
Insurer bad faith under Georgia's first-party statute refers to an insurance company's unjustified refusal to pay a valid claim under its own policyholder's coverage. O.C.G.A. § 33-4-6 creates a penalty...
Misuse is a common defense in Georgia product cases, but it is not an automatic escape hatch. A manufacturer that argues an injured person used the product the wrong way...