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March 23, 1999 |

Time Settles Libel Case It Once Won at Trial

Court-ordered mediation has settled a libel case a Georgia man brought against Time magazine for falsely identifying him as an international terrorist. Time won the case in a federal trial in 1996, but the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. Lawyers for the magazine and plaintiff confirm that the case settled, but say the terms are confidential.
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October 31, 2007 |

Ga. Supreme Court: 'Harsh' Law Means AIDS-Related Med Mal Suit Is Too Late

The Georgia Supreme Court has split 4 to 3 in ruling against an AIDS patient whose doctors allegedly misdiagnosed his condition for years. Even though Derek Canas' parents filed the suit on his behalf less than a year after doctors diagnosed him with AIDS, the Supreme Court ruled that the two-year statute of limitations and five-year statute of repose for medical malpractice claims barred the suit. The court's opinion quoted a prior case that described the statute of repose as a "harsh limitation."
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July 06, 2011 |

Court: No liability for motel owner

The Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday ruled 4�????3 that a motel doesn't have a legal duty to check on a guest's welfare at his worried wife's request.The decision likely means the end to the wrongful death action brought by the wife of Sidney Rasnick, a 77-year-old Texas man who on March 13, 2006, was found in distress on the floor of his motel room in Jesup, about 65 miles southwest of Savannah.
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December 10, 2012 |

Appeals Court offers more guidance on ER statute

The state appellate courts hadn't provided much guidance on how to apply the 2005 statute that's supposed to make it harder for plaintiffs to win cases against emergency room personnel - until last month.
8 minute read

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