Exotic Animal Attacks in Georgia: Ownership and Liability
A person attacked by an exotic animal in Georgia relies on a rule set by a 1935 decision about a baboon. That year a baboon escaped…
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195 articlesDental Malpractice in Georgia: Nerve Damage and Serious Infections
A claim that a dentist injured a patient, whether through a damaged nerve or an infection that spread, is governed by the same statutes as a…
Cemetery and Funeral Home Injury Claims in Georgia
A family harmed by the mishandling of a loved one's remains faces a hard rule in Georgia: emotional distress caused by negligence is recoverable only through…
Bicycle Dooring Accidents in Georgia
A cyclist riding beside a row of parked cars has a fraction of a second to react when a door swings into the lane, and the…
Daycare and Childcare Injury Claims in Georgia
A child hurt at a Georgia child care learning center brings two sets of questions: what the state's licensing rules required of the center when the…
Calculating Pain and Suffering Damages in Georgia
Georgia law supplies no formula for pain and suffering. The amount is left to the enlightened conscience of the jury, the Court of Appeals has rejected…
Claims Against Estates of Deceased Defendants in Georgia
When the person who caused an injury dies, the claim does not die with that person. Georgia keeps a claim for injury to the person alive…
Dog Bite Liability in Georgia: Understanding the Modified One Bite Rule
A dog bite claim in Georgia turns on what the owner knew before the bite, not on whether the dog had bitten before. The Code makes…
Garbage Truck Accidents: Municipal Liability Issues
When a garbage truck backs into a car or strikes someone on the street, who operated the truck decides which statutes apply. A collection truck run…
Fatal Car Accidents in Georgia: Wrongful Death Claims for Crash Victims
When someone is killed in a Georgia crash, the State may prosecute the driver while the family pursues a civil claim, and the two cases ask…
Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Georgia Superior Court
A personal injury case becomes a lawsuit at a precise moment, and several Georgia statutes govern what follows: the filing itself, who may serve the papers…
Daubert Challenges to Expert Testimony in Georgia Courts
A Daubert challenge asks the trial judge to decide, before the jury hears an expert, whether the opinion meets the requirements of OCGA 24-7-702(b). In a…
Discovery in Georgia PI Cases: Interrogatories, Depositions, and Requests
The period between the filing of a Georgia injury complaint and a trial date is shaped by Civil Practice Act sections that attach consequences to silence:…
First-Party vs Third-Party Claims: Which Insurance Pays in Georgia?
After an injury, an insurance claim runs one of two ways. A first-party claim is made on the injured person's own policy. A third-party claim is…
Elevator and Escalator Accidents in Georgia
When someone is hurt on an elevator or escalator in Georgia, the statute places the duty to keep the equipment in a safe operating condition on…
Dangerous Pharmaceutical Side Effects in Georgia: Drug Injury Lawsuits
A patient harmed by a prescription drug's side effect, who believes the label failed to warn of that risk, meets federal law before Georgia law: whether…
Household Appliance Fires in Georgia: Manufacturing Defects and Product Liability
When a household appliance catches fire and burns a home or the people in it, the evidence of how the fire started may come less from…
Franchisor Liability for Franchisee Negligence in Georgia
A franchised business carries a national name, but the company behind the counter can be a separate local operator that licenses the brand. Whether a person…
Future Medical Expenses in Georgia: Proving Lifetime Care Costs
After a serious injury, the damages claim can include care that has not been provided yet. Georgia law answers the proof questions for that care in…
Apartment Complex Accidents in Georgia
A person hurt at a Georgia apartment complex meets one of two rules, depending on where the danger was. Under Cham v. ECI Management Corp., 311…
ATV and Off-Road Vehicle Accident Claims in Georgia
Riding an ATV on someone else's land in Georgia brings two statutes into an injury claim before any question of fault. The off-road vehicle chapter makes…
Children’s Toy Injuries in Georgia: Choking Hazards, Toxins, and Product Liability
A claim over a child's toy injury draws on two bodies of law: federal safety regulations that set design, materials, and battery requirements for children's products,…
Economic vs. Non-Economic Damages in Georgia Personal Injury Cases
Georgia sorts the money in an injury claim with two pairs of labels that come from different statutes. General and special damages are distinguished in OCGA…
Drunk Driving Accident Victims: Pursuing Punitive Damages
A person hurt by a drunk driver in Georgia can seek compensation for what the crash cost and, separately, punishment for the driver's conduct. Punishment has…
Employer Intentional Torts in Georgia: When Workers’ Compensation Doesn’t Apply
A worker deliberately harmed by an employer in Georgia meets a workers' compensation chapter written as the employee's exclusive remedy against the employer, and the text…