Motions for Summary Judgment in Georgia PI Litigation
A motion for summary judgment asks a Georgia court to end a claim, or part of one, on the paper record without a jury, and a…
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195 articlesSelf-Storage Facility Injury Claims in Georgia
A person hurt at a Georgia self-storage facility has one of two kinds of claim. A fall or other harm from the property itself is decided…
Teen Driver Accidents: Parental Liability Laws Explained
When a teenager causes a crash, the injured person can look to the teenager and, in some circumstances, to a parent. Georgia law reaches parents through…
Independent Contractor Injuries in Georgia: Personal Injury Claims Without Workers’ Compensation
A worker who is an independent contractor stands outside Georgia's workers' compensation system, and a worker who is an employee stands inside it, so the label…
Workplace Toxic Exposure in Georgia: Occupational Disease and Third-Party Claims
A disease that follows years of workplace exposure can support two different claims in Georgia: a workers' compensation claim for an occupational disease, and a tort…
Texting While Driving: Proving Distracted Driver Negligence
The distraction that causes a texting crash happens inside the other car, where no one outside it can see. A driver who does not brake, swerve,…
Nightclub and Bar Security Failures in Georgia
For a patron assaulted at a Georgia bar or nightclub, the date the cause of action arose decides which rules govern the claim. For a cause…
Property Damage Claims: Totaled Cars and Diminished Value in Georgia
Repairing a wrecked car does not end what a Georgia insurer owes its own policyholder when the policy covers the damage and the car is still…
Suing a Municipality in Georgia: Ante Litem Notice Requirements
Before a lawsuit against a Georgia city can begin, the claim must be presented in writing to the city's governing authority within six months of the…
Power Tool Accidents in Georgia: Guard Failures and Safety Defects
A person cut by a saw whose guard failed, or that was sold without one, has a Georgia claim against the maker that asks whether the…
Trucking Accidents and FMCSA Violations in Georgia
A trucking claim has a second body of rules behind it: the federal motor carrier safety regulations, which limit how long a driver may drive, bar…
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: The Invisible Epidemic in Georgia Accidents
A concussion from a crash can be hard to see for reasons the federal health agencies themselves describe: symptoms can begin hours, days, or weeks later,…
Sideswipe Accidents: Lane Change Collisions
A sideswipe looks like the gentlest kind of collision: two vehicles moving the same direction, a glancing scrape along the doors, no head-on violence. The damage…
Revolving Door Injuries: Entrapment and Crush Claims in Georgia
A person hurt by a revolving door in Georgia can look to two main defendants, and a different statute governs each: the owner or occupier of…
State and National Park Injury Claims in Georgia
An injury in a park can be governed by three different sets of rules at once: a Georgia statute that limits the duty an owner of…
Trampoline Park Accidents in Georgia
At a trampoline park, the legal questions after an injury are what care the park owed its customers, how far any signed release reaches, and, when…
Suing a Hospital for Employee Negligence in Georgia
Whether a hospital answers for the person who harmed a patient depends first on who employed that person. Georgia law lets a hospital that follows a…
Restaurant Burns and Hot Beverage Injuries in Georgia
A hot beverage is served hot on purpose, and that fact shapes a restaurant burn claim in Georgia. A burned diner can proceed as an invitee…
Industrial Machinery Injuries in Georgia: Product Liability and Third-Party Claims
A worker caught in an industrial machine has a workers' compensation claim against the employer, and the statute makes that remedy exclusive of other claims against…
Laundromat and Car Wash Injury Claims in Georgia
A customer who slips on a wet laundromat floor or is hurt in a car wash bay can recover from the operator in Georgia only by…
School Bus Accidents: Protecting Injured Children
A school bus injury claim in Georgia turns on who the defendant is. A school district is a government body whose immunity from suit can be…
MedPay Coverage in Georgia: Using Your Own Insurance First
Medical payments coverage, known as MedPay, is the part of a Georgia auto policy that pays medical bills after a crash without regard to who caused…
Loss of Consortium Claims in Georgia: Spousal Injury Rights
A loss-of-consortium claim in Georgia belongs to the uninjured spouse, compensates the marital relationship rather than the bodily injury, and runs on a longer clock than…
Uninsured Motorist Claims: Protecting Yourself When They Have No Coverage
When the driver who caused a crash has no liability insurance, the injured person's own auto policy may answer instead, but only through a statute with…
Lost Wages vs Lost Earning Capacity: Two Different Claims in Georgia
An injury can take income in two ways. It can keep a person off work while recovering, and it can leave a permanent impairment that reduces…