It is a tough lesson to learn but in Georgia you don’t have a claim for a slip and fall if there are wet floor signs and you still slip and fall. Remember the law does not require stores to be perfect, you just have to give customers a head’s…
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Who is Going to Pay When the Are Multiple Vehicles in the Crash?
Determining liability in a Georgia car accident may seem to be a straightforward endeavor, and in some situations, that may be the case. However, when an accident involves multiple vehicles, establishing which parties are at fault and which parties are entitled to recover for their injuries can be a bit…
Food Poisoning Cases Can’t Survive Unless the Science Connects the Meal to the Particular Illness
Last month, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued an interesting and important opinion in a Georgia product liability case that changed the way lower courts will analyze food-poisoning cases in the future. Although the appeals court allowed the case to proceed to trial, the evidence connecting the caterer to the…
Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Venue Selection in Recent Hit-and-Run Accident Case
The county where you bring a car accident lawsuit, the venue, can have as much of an impact on the value of the case as anything else. When analyzing value and making decisions about where to file the lawsuit, you really have to weigh your options carefully. One excellent example…
Georgia Slip and Fall CLE
Slip and Fall Cases Come in All Shapes and Sizes Quick Things to Know SLIP AND FALL CASES ARE THROWN OUT ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT, BY DIRECTED VERDICT AND THROUGH DEFENSE VERDICTS ALL THE TIME NO ONE WILL ADMIT IT, BECAUSE IT IS EMBARRASSING TO LOSE Quick Points Static defect…
Renting a car with Turo, does my auto insurance cover me?
Many of you are trying out the convenience of the car rental-ish entity, Turo, which allows you to rent people’s private vehicles much in the same way that Airbnb does for houses. One of the key questions is, what if you rent a Turo car and get into a car…
Georgia Court Decides Whether Wrongful Death Claim Is Limited by Previous Personal Injury Claim
Georgia’s Supreme Court recently issued a decision deciding whether a wrongful death suit can be limited by a previous personal injury claim for the same accident. The plaintiff, through her husband, filed a personal injury suit against Toyota after a car accident left her in a coma. The coma was…
Georgia Court Discusses “Equal Knowledge” in Recent Sip-and-Fall Case
Georgia slip and fall cases are all about knowledge. To win one of these cases, the store has to know more about the spill than you do, either because it has been there for a while or because they had employees in the area. The corollary is, if you have…
Uninsured Motorist Insurance Notice Denial Can Be Beaten With Some Arguments
When someone is involved in a Georgia car accident and needs to go after their Uninsured or Underinsured Motorist insurance, immediate notice is required. If you fail to put them on notice, your entire claim can be denied. Insurance companies are for-profit corporations, and they rely on taking in more…
East Cobb Car Accident Verdict Reversed Based on Judge’s Failure to Instruct Georgia Jury on Defendant’s Lack-of-Knowledge Defense
Our East Cobb County attorneys work on a variety of car accident injury cases every week and one of the frequent questions is “if the other driver got a ticket, how can they dispute liability? Earlier this year, a state appellate court issued a written opinion in a Georgia car…