Georgia regulates rideshare operations at the state level, requiring transportation network companies to be authorized and to meet ongoing obligations rather than leaving licensing to individual cities. The most directly...
It matters a great deal. A child's inability to appreciate a risk is not a side detail in Georgia premises law; it is a core element of the attractive-nuisance doctrine...
Generally yes, but "known" includes more than actual awareness. For an invitee's claim, Georgia requires that the owner had either actual or constructive knowledge of the hazard. Constructive knowledge fills...
A negligent security claim in Georgia holds a property owner or business responsible when inadequate security measures allow a foreseeable crime by a third party to injure someone lawfully on...
"Superior knowledge" is the heart of a Georgia slip-and-fall case: a store is liable only if it knew, or in the exercise of ordinary care should have known, about the...
A Georgia property owner can sometimes defeat a premises claim by showing the hazard was open and obvious, but the defense is narrower than it sounds. It works only when...
When merchandise falls from a high shelf and injures a customer in a Georgia store, the store is the usual target of a claim because of its duty to keep...
Georgia does not require a shopper to keep their eyes fixed on the floor to recover in a slip-and-fall case. A person is expected to use ordinary care for their...
Recovering for tripping over an unmarked wheel stop or curb in a Georgia parking lot is possible but often difficult, because these are static, generally visible features. The case usually...
Crime in the surrounding neighborhood can help show that a Georgia property posed a foreseeable danger, but it rarely does the job by itself. Georgia considers area crime as one...