11/1/17
By: Cheryl H. Shaw 82-year old Frances Robinette died in a New Orleans nursing home four days after Hurricane Katrina struck. Robinette had been a resident of the facility for two years and suffered a host of medical issues including congestive heart failure and dementia. Shortly after Katrina made landfall, water entered the nursing home…
Court of Appeals Breathes New Life into Joint and Several Liability in Georgia
4/4/13
By: Phil Savrin For many years, the rule in Georgia was that tortfeasors could be liable jointly and severally for bodily injury or death, without apportionment unless the plaintiff was found to be some part at fault. If a plaintiff was not partly at fault, then he could collect the entire judgment from any one…