By Cedra Mayfield | November 3, 2023
"The issues matter not only to the Omstead family, but potentially to every Georgian that buys a home, car or essentially anything in the marketplace," said plaintiff attorney Andrew J. King of Lourie, Chance, Forlines, Carter & King.
By Alex Anteau | November 2, 2023
"In general this opens the door to allow clients to bring their claims in their backyards, in their hometowns, in the jurisdictions where it happened to them," said plaintiff-appellee attorney Pat McDonough.
By Cedra Mayfield | November 2, 2023
Before the Georgia Supreme Court in January, opposing appellate counsel will argue whether "the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority a 'carrier of passengers' subject to the duty of care" under Georgia law.
By Alex Anteau | November 1, 2023
While the jury did find in favor of the plaintiff, awarding $60,000, the sum is a far cry from the $1.4 million they asked for at trial. Furthermore, because the amount was less than 75% of the defense's settlement offer of $110,000, Matthews' client is now seeking attorney fees, with mediation and a hearing ordered for later this year.
By Cedra Mayfield | November 1, 2023
"We felt good about the trial and agreed on a high/low," said plaintiff attorney J.L. King II of The King Firm in Tifton. "The high/low had a significant gap between the high number and the low number."
Daily Report Online | Analysis|News
By Cedra Mayfield | October 31, 2023
"I think wrongful-death verdicts are a lot higher than they used to historically be ... but it's so dependent on [the facts of each case]," said plaintiff attorney Jeff R. Harris of Harris Lowry Manton.
By Cedra Mayfield | October 30, 2023
"Lawyers are going to have to start thinking about different defendants," said plaintiff attorney Amy Witherite of the Witherite Firm based in Dallas, Fort Worth, Atlanta and Chicago.
Daily Report Online | Letter to the Editor
By Antonio "Tony" DelCampo | October 27, 2023
A Georgia Bar member since 1958, Mr. Seiler practiced law at Bouhan, Williams and Levy, now Bouhan Falligant, specializing in civil defense and plaintiff work. He was also known throughout the state and the world of college athletics as owner of the generational line of English bulldogs that served as UGA's beloved mascot, Uga.
By Alex Anteau | October 26, 2023
"We decline to burden trial courts with a duty to police ostensibly hyperbolic or inventive language between opposing counsel in their professional discourse," Judge Todd Markle wrote in the opinion.
By Cedra Mayfield | October 26, 2023
"'[L]oading' the decedent into the back of the patrol car was inherently a part of the detention process because the decedent could not have been detained inside the patrol car without having been 'loaded' inside it by the deputies," read the Supreme Court of Georgia reversal.
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