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Case Law Update: Georgia Supreme Court Confirms Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Contingency Fee Agreement Cannot be the Sole Basis for a Fee Award

The Georgia Supreme Court just issued a new ruling this week in which it held that when a Plaintiff becomes entitled to an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to Georgia’s offer of judgment statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68, the court must … Read More

The Importance of Investigating Claimants’ Online Presence

With the rapid proliferation of social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in recent years, parties to litigation now have access to information on subjects’ private lives that in an earlier era would only have been accessible by … Read More

Case Law Update: Georgia Supreme Court Examines the Status of Issues Related to Medical Liens and Collection Thereof

A recent decision by the Georgia Supreme Court sheds light on the law imposing suit limitations on lien collection actions, and suggests that the statute in question may need to be revised by the legislature. Hospital Authority of Clarke County … Read More

Case Law Update: Georgia Court of Appeals Holds that Application of Res Ipsa Loquitur Should Only Be Used in Rare Cases

The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur requires that a plaintiff show that whatever caused the plaintiff’s injury was in the exclusive control of the defendant and but for the defendant’s negligence, the plaintiff would not have been injured. Clearly, it … Read More

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