If there was ever any doubt in Georgia about who holds the Patient Mental Health Privilege, when it attaches, and who has a right to mental health records, the Supreme Court of Georgia just made it crystal clear. It’s the patient; not their family, representatives, and not their doctor. In a decision dated June 30, […]

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 is one of the hardest tests in tort law to meet because generally there is […]

While the majority of Georgia slip and fall cases involve rainwater or other liquids, we have also seen numerous lawsuits involving individuals injured after slipping on ice.  How can we determine whether a claimant is entitled to recover for injuries suffered in icy conditions? Georgia law is clear that for a plaintiff to recover from […]