A husband or wife who brings a Georgia wrongful death case does not sue solely on their own behalf. The surviving spouse acts as the claimant for the family unit,...
Georgia recognizes that a hospital owes its own duty in deciding which doctors may treat patients within its walls. When an institution grants or renews privileges for a physician it...
A nursing home can be liable in Georgia when one resident assaults another, not for the attacker's intent, but for the facility's own failure to supervise and protect residents from...
Assessing fall risk and translating that assessment into a written prevention plan is a recognized part of reasonable nursing-home care in Georgia. The duty flows from the facility's general obligation...
Hospitals often classify emergency-room physicians as independent contractors rather than employees, which can complicate efforts to hold the hospital responsible for an ER doctor's negligence. Georgia law, however, does not...
Yes. A single fatal incident in Georgia can support both a wrongful death claim and the estate's survival claim at the same time, and bringing one does not waive the...
A failure-to-warn claim arises when a product carries a danger that is not obvious, the manufacturer knew or should have known about it, and the warning or instruction given was...
Restraining a resident is unlawful when it is used for staff convenience, discipline, or punishment, or when it goes beyond what is genuinely needed to protect the resident from immediate...
Families who see persistent filth or unsanitary conditions in a Georgia nursing home have several avenues, ranging from internal complaints to state oversight to a civil claim if those conditions...
The survivor the statute names as the claimant generally controls the wrongful death litigation, including major decisions about how to pursue and resolve it. But that control is held in...