The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s apportionment statute applies to products liability cases—upholding a Court of Appeals opinion and delivering a significant win to business, specifically to Suzuki Motor Corp. and its King & Spalding lawyers.

It was yet another legal battle over how to apply Georgia’s 2005 apportionment statute, which directs that juries and judges reduce damages awards by the percentage plaintiffs are found to be at fault.

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