Back-to-school driving cautionary tips from a lawyer’s perspective
8/28/23
With Fulton and DeKalb County schools beginning classes August 7, 2023, all major Atlanta Metro school districts are back in session for the 2023-24 school year. While we are glad that our students are back in …
Georgia Supreme Court Issues an Important Decision on Negligent Security Claims
7/7/23
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its much-anticipated decision in Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael on the liability of proprietors and security contractors for personal injuries that arise out of third-party criminal conduct. Although the …
Georgia Sparks Further Cannabis Debate
4/20/22
By: Wayne S. Melnick and Carlos A. Fernandez
The legalization of cannabis continues to cause chronic concern in Georgia. Recently, the State of Georgia and Patsy Austin-Gatson, Gwinnett County District Attorney, were named as defendants in a suit challenging the …
4/14/22
By: Tyler Connor
In August of 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its controversial decision in Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Mgmt. Holdings, LLC, 312 Ga. 350, 862 S.E.2d 295 (2021). The Court ruled that under O.C.G.A. …
2/23/22
By: Michael Freed
The Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral argument last week in General Motors LLC v. Buchanan. This highly watched appeal arose from a trial court’s denial of General Motors’s motion for protective order seeking to prevent …
More action on the apportionment front in Georgia
1/18/22
By: Bob Marcovitch
Since the time that the Georgia General Assembly enacted tort reform legislation in 2005, surely the most litigated element of the reforms put in place has been the provision for apportionment to non-parties that was contained in …
10/21/21
By: Daniel Wolcott
In Mildred Toomer in her capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Milton Mcbride v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc., Georgia Court of Appeals Docket No. A22A0160, the Court of Appeals is going to decide the limits of …
Georgia Supreme Court upholds its stance on general personal jurisdiction… for now
10/1/21
By: Tyler S. Connor
For years, corporations throughout the United States were subject to broad general personal jurisdiction allowing plaintiffs to “forum shop” for a plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction. In Daimler AG v. Bauman, 517 U.S. 117 (2014), the United States Supreme Court limited …
9/20/21
By: Aaron Miller
The Supreme Court of Georgia on August 10, 2021 issued an opinion significantly limiting the apportionment statute in Georgia. The case, Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC S20G1419, severely limits the situations in which …
Certiorari in the Georgia Supreme Court by the Numbers
6/22/21
By: Jacob Daly
The Georgia Court of Appeals has just ruled against your client, and so you’re considering whether you should file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Georgia Supreme Court. Your client wants to know the likelihood …
6/4/21
By: Wayne Melnick and Carlos Fernandez
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed the roll of most, if not all, cases. Now that the brakes are being slowly eased-off, questions are arising about the Georgia Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders that extended the statute …
5/13/21
By: Phil Savrin and Alexia Roney
In an appeal before the Supreme Court of Georgia involving two multi-million dollar judgments, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association tapped FMG Attorneys Phil Savrin and Alexia Roney to author an amicus brief on the …