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Case Law Update: Court of Appeals Denies Defendant’s Attempt to Apportion Responsibility to Plaintiff’s Employer Finding a Lack of Causal Connection

August 4, 2014 by

Georgia’s case law on apportionment of fault to a non-party continues to evolve.  In Zaldivar v. Prickett, A14A0113 (Ga. Ct. App. July 16, 2014) Zaldivar and Prickett were involved in an automobile accident at an intersection, for which they each … Read More

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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

June 20, 2014 by

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

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The Importance of Investigating Claimants’ Online Presence

June 6, 2014 by

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

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

May 23, 2014 by

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

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

May 9, 2014 by

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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Recent Changes to Georgia’s Evidence Code

October 17, 2013 by

This article sets out some of the major changes to the Georgia Evidence Code which became effec­tive January 1, 2013. Georgia has primarily adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence with some exceptions as noted herein. Under the new rules hearsay … Read More

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