By Alex Anteau | April 14, 2023
"A medical examiner whose job literally is to determine what caused [a death] and what happened would not be able to testify on causation in Georgia under the trial court's interpretation because they don't have live patients," Plaintiff-appellant attorney Darren Summerville said.
By Cedra Mayfield | April 13, 2023
"If it's a close call, that's when qualified immunity is supposed to kick in," said appellee counsel Phillip E. Friduss of Hall Booth Smith in Atlanta. "Qualified immunity is designed specifically for the 'close calls.'"
By Mason Lawlor | April 12, 2023
"The defendant apartment complex had a history of violent crime and was warned consistently about the dangers," plaintiffs counsel at Beasley Allen said. "We absolutely were not settling this case unless the defendants did the right thing, which they ultimately did, but not before precious lives were lost and years of litigation ensued."
By Mason Lawlor | April 5, 2023
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to review a Court of Appeals ruling that the parents of three children who were shot and killed in 2016 are not crime victims for the purposes of tolling the statute of limitations on their survivor claims for wrongful death.
By Everett Catts | March 28, 2023
"We're all human, and we make mistakes," plaintiff attorney James H. Potts II said. "I damned sure make them. Physicians make them. Nurses make them. The reason hospitals have physicians and nurses and [other health care staff members] looking after a patient is if someone else misses something and doesn't get it right, someone else [can] catch it. But when you've got everyone doing nothing, that's a problem."
By Cedra Mayfield | March 22, 2023
"We were hoping, and frankly expecting, that Scrudder, Bass would want to put this behind them and make some kind of offer to settle the sanctions matter," said plaintiff attorney Andrew T. Rogers of Deitch + Rogers in Atlanta. "But they have chosen not to do that."
By Cedra Mayfield | March 20, 2023
"That fear from the insured of what can happen provides a tremendous motivation for them to essentially lobby or negotiate or advocate on the plaintiff's behalf," said Sandy Springs plaintiff attorney Matthew Wilson of Princenthal, May & Wilson.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 14, 2023
"We promised this family we would hold those responsible ... accountable," plaintiff counsel said. "This federal lawsuit intends to do just that."
By Cedra Mayfield | March 9, 2023
Before the Supreme Court of Georgia, opposing appellate counsel will argue whether "loading a person into or restraining a person in a patrol car constitute the 'use' of a motor vehicle as to which sovereign immunity is waived" under Georgia law in June.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 6, 2023
"This result all started with a news article that then led to extensive legal research, thorough discovery and novel legal arguments," said plaintiff attorney Darl H. Champion Jr. of The Champion Firm in Marietta.
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