Bystander Claims in California: How Close is Close Enough?
8/24/20
By: Emily Williams
Witnessing the occurrence of a serious injury or death to a friend or a loved one is likely to cause emotional distress, even absent any physical injury to the bystander. However, in California, in order to have …
Murphy's Law and The Exception to Georgia's Impact Rule
9/17/18
By: Jason Kamp
Claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress are limited by the Impact Rule in Georgia. In a recent attempt to keep the sole exception from swallowing the Impact Rule, the Supreme Court of Georgia may have done …
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice To Say….You Probably Shouldn’t Post It!
8/22/18
By: Shaun Daugherty & Samantha Skolnick
Mothers all over the world have admonished their children: “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” It may lose something when translated into some obscure dialects, but the …