Bad Faith Insurance Denial Claims in Georgia
Georgia law sets three different statutory penalties for an insurer's bad faith, each with its own claimant, its own trigger, and its own ceiling, and separate…
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195 articlesDefective Guardrail Claims in Georgia
A guardrail injury can put two kinds of defendant on two different legal tracks: the company that made the hardware, and the public body or contractor…
Hit and Run Accidents: What To Do When the Driver Flees
A collision ends and the other vehicle accelerates away, leaving a damaged car, a possible injury, and no license plate to write down. Georgia treats the…
Amusement Park Accidents in Georgia
An injury at a Georgia amusement park falls under one of two sets of rules. On a ride, two state acts govern permits, inspections, operators, and…
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Georgia Rental Properties
Carbon monoxide has no odor or color, and MedlinePlus lists heating systems, stoves, and gas ranges among its sources. When a tenant is harmed by it…
Government Liability Claims in Georgia: Suing the State and Local Governments
A person injured by a government employee, vehicle, or property in Georgia first has to identify which government is responsible. The State, a city, a county,…
Bridge and Overpass Failure Claims in Georgia
When a Georgia bridge or overpass fails, the injured person may have claims against the public body that owns it and against the firms that designed…
Child Wrongful Death in Georgia: Claims When Families Lose Children
When a child dies, Georgia's wrongful death statutes answer who may bring a claim before they reach what the claim recovers. A separate Code section, not…
Day-in-the-Life Videos in Georgia Personal Injury Trials
A video of an injured person's ordinary day reaches a Georgia jury only through the evidence rules that govern every recording. It must be relevant, it…
Georgia Offer of Settlement: O.C.G.A. Section 9-11-68 Explained
Rejecting a written offer of settlement served under OCGA 9-11-68 can make the rejecting side pay the other side's reasonable attorney's fees and expenses of litigation,…
Drowning and Near-Drowning Claims in Georgia
After a drowning or a near-drowning, the family's first legal question is about the water itself: where it was and who controlled it. Georgia's recreational property…
18-Wheeler Accidents: Trucking Company vs. Driver Liability
After a wreck with a tractor-trailer, the name painted on the cab door and the name of the business that employs or contracts with the driver…
Defective Airbag Injuries in Georgia: Takata Recalls and Product Liability Claims
An injury from a defective airbag in Georgia is a product liability claim against the manufacturer, and for an older vehicle the decisive question can be…
Airport Shuttle Accidents: Hotel and Transit Van Claims
The claim of a passenger hurt in an airport shuttle or a hotel van depends on the duty Georgia law places on a carrier of passengers…
Collecting a Judgment Against an Uncooperative Defendant in Georgia
A judgment that goes unpaid has to be enforced, and Georgia gives the judgment creditor a set of tools for that: a writ of execution that…
Contaminated Food Injuries in Georgia: E. Coli, Salmonella, and Product Liability Claims
Food that makes a person sick in Georgia can support more than one claim at once: strict product liability against a manufacturer, negligence against a careless…
Emergency Room Negligence in Georgia: When Rushed Care Causes Harm
A patient hurt by care in a Georgia hospital emergency department faces a heavier burden than the ordinary medical malpractice plaintiff. Under OCGA 51-1-29.5, a physician…
Foot and Ankle Injuries from Georgia Pedestrian Accidents
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) names a motor vehicle collision among the causes of injuries to four parts of the foot and ankle: the…
Aviation Accident Claims in Georgia: Pursuing Compensation for Plane Crashes and Air Travel Injuries
After a plane crash, federal law decides several things a Georgia claim can and cannot do. Courts disagree over whether federal law supplies the standard of…
Dog Attacks on Delivery Workers in Georgia
For a delivery worker bitten at a customer's door, the claim against the dog's owner depends first on what the owner knew about the dog and…
Construction Vehicle Accidents: Dump Trucks and Heavy Equipment
A driver or passenger hurt in a collision with a dump truck or other construction vehicle meets questions an ordinary collision does not raise: what the…
Gap Between Medical Bills and Settlement: Who Pays in Georgia?
When a Georgia injury claim settles for less than the medical bills plus everything else the injury cost, several rules decide who absorbs the shortfall. A…
Dram Shop Liability in Georgia: Claims Against Bars and Restaurants for Alcohol-Related Injuries
A person hurt by an intoxicated driver who had been served at a bar, restaurant, or store meets a hard default in Georgia: the law treats…
Hospital Visitor Injury Claims in Georgia
A visitor hurt in a hospital corridor, lobby, or parking area is not the patient, and Georgia law treats the visitor's claim as a premises claim…
Hotel Room Injuries in Georgia
A hotel guest's injury claim in Georgia draws on the premises statute, the innkeeper article that sets a hotel's duties toward its guests and their property,…