The Tort Report
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Summer 2024
- Time-Limited Liability: Georgia’s Highest Court OK’s Parties Contracting for Shortened Liability Windows
Authored by Austin Albertson - Georgia’s Personal Injury Medical Lien Law: A Review of Recent Changes
Authored by Ken Sisco - The Changing Landscape of Settlements in Plaintiff-Friendly Venues: Implications of Ferguson v. Spraggins
Authored by Joshua Smith
Spring 2024
- Breaking the Pattern: Georgia’s Pattern Jury Instructions and the Evidence Code
Authored by Vanessa Galvan - Allocation of Attorney’s Fees Under the Georgia RICO Act
Authored by Christopher Hennessy - Tag Jurisdiction is Taking the Fun Out of Doing Business in Georgia
Authored by Coryne Levine
Summer 2023
- The “Carmichael Cases” and the Totality of the Circumstances Analysis
Authored by Marvis Jenkins & Blake Reed - Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.: What the Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Means for Corporations with Interstate Operations
Authored by Lauren Culver - Southern States Chemical, Inc. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc.: A Case to Watch Becomes a Decision to Cite
Authored by Lauren Woodrick
Spring 2023
- BPG Inspection LLC v. Omstead: A Victory for Contractual Limitations on Liability
Authored by Justin Averett - Southern States v. Tampa Tank: A Case to Watch on Statutory Amendment and Construction Defect Defenses
Authored by Rachel Mathews - Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of Statutory Punitive Damages Cap
Authored by Lisa Northrop
Fall 2022
- Recent Changes To the Georgia Minor Settlement Statute
Authored by Gillian Crowl-Parrish - Putting Expert Witnesses Under the Microscope: Evidence Rule Changes Reinforce Gatekeeping Role of Courts
Authored by Jeff Adams - Georgia Supreme Court Overrules 40 Years of Precedent, Reconciling the “Two-Dismissal Rule” with the Preclusive Effect of Res Judicata
Authored by Hallie Richards
Spring 2022
- O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33, Hatcher, Carmichael and HB 961: The Life, Death and Revival of Single-Defendant Nonparty Apportionment in Georgia
Authored by Sara Alexandre - Georgia Supreme Court Rules Statutes Allow for Double Recovery of Attorney's Fees
Authored by Sarah Daley - Avoiding Spoliation Sanctions in a Digital World
Authored by Brendan Thompson