Georgia courts judge whether a design is unreasonably dangerous by weighing the design's risks against its benefits. This risk-utility test asks whether a reasonable manufacturer, aware of the dangers, would...
The survival action in Georgia carries the decedent's own injury claim forward, but it captures losses up to the moment of death rather than the earnings the decedent would have...
A long-term care facility can be held liable when inadequate supervision lets a foreseeable harm reach a resident who depended on staff to stay safe. Georgia law treats a nursing...
Yes. The decedent's share of responsibility for the fatal incident carries directly into the family's wrongful death claim. Georgia's comparative-fault rules reduce the recovery in proportion to the decedent's fault...
Georgia's wrongful death cause of action comes from a set of statutes in Title 51, Chapter 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, O.C.G.A. § 51-4-1 and following. At...
When a resident with dementia leaves a facility unsupervised and is injured, Georgia law may allow a claim against the facility for failing to supervise and protect a resident it...
A romantic partner who was never legally married to the person who died generally cannot file a Georgia wrongful death claim, no matter how committed or long-standing the relationship was....
Theft or financial exploitation of an elderly person by a caregiver is taken seriously in Georgia, and a family has both civil and criminal avenues to respond. Financial abuse is...
Mistreatment that leaves no bruises can still be abuse under Georgia law. Emotional and verbal abuse of a nursing-home resident, such as threats, humiliation, intimidation, isolation, or demeaning treatment, is...
Georgia does not pin the answer to a single statutory number that fits every resident. Instead, the law requires reasonable care, which means repositioning frequently enough to prevent avoidable pressure...