In Georgia, the survivor who files a wrongful death case often recovers on behalf of more than just themselves, and the proceeds must be shared with the other beneficiaries the...
A pattern of falls that a nursing home noticed but never responded to is among the stronger fact patterns for a Georgia neglect claim. Repeated falls put the facility on...
Georgia ties manufacturer liability to the product's condition at the moment it left the maker's hands, so the claimant must connect the defect back to that point in time. The...
When a facility misses or ignores the signs of an infection and it advances to sepsis, the resident or their family may have a strong negligence claim under Georgia law....
Medical bills the decedent ran up before dying are recoverable in Georgia, and they are pursued on the estate's side of a death case rather than as part of the...
A manufacturing defect is a flaw that creeps into a particular item during production, making that unit different from the product the maker intended to build. The design is fine;...
In a genuine emergency, Georgia law does not require the same informed-consent disclosure that applies to scheduled procedures. The state's consent statute contains an emergency exception, recognizing that there is...
Yes. A child whose parents were never married to each other can still recover for that parent's wrongful death in Georgia. The statute says so directly, removing any doubt that...
Georgia handles a surviving spouse's lost companionship differently from most states, and the answer turns on how the wrongful death statute measures damages. The companionship a husband or wife provided...
Georgia's strict product liability reaches the "manufacturer," and the statute draws a real line between makers and mere sellers. The manufacturer is the entity that designs or produces the product,...