What is the Sudden Emergency Doctrine? After a jury trial in a recent personal injury action arising out of motor vehicle collision, a plaintiff appealed the judgment entered in favor

Is a Turo Rental Vehicle a “Temporary Substitute Car” Under an Insurance Policy? State Farm and GEICO filed appeals from an order denying their motions for summary judgment in an

What’s a “Personal Tort?” A plaintiff appealed a trial court’s dismissal of her lawsuit against an insurance company. She’d previously sued the store owner in a separate lawsuit, which resulted

How Does Governmental Immunity Work in an Auto Accident Case Against a City or County? The plaintiffs, as executrix of the estate of the deceased, and the deceased’s daughter, appealed

Can an Email Count as a Settlement Agreement? In this interlocutory appeal, a plaintiff challenged the trial court’s order enforcing a settlement agreement with another motorist in an auto accident

What is the “Relation Back Rule”? In a personal injury action arising out of an automobile collision, the plaintiff appealed from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Domino’s

How Does Uninsured Motorist (“UM”) Coverage Work? A plaintiff sought to establish uninsured motorist (“UM”) coverage from his insurance company in the amount of $1 million, which was the liability

Can a Pre-Trial Order be Amended in an Auto Accident Case? After a plaintiff was injured in an auto accident, he and his wife (collectively “the plaintiffs”), filed separate suits

In 2020, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.65 million judgment against a motorist for the pre-death pain and suffering of an accident victim who (along with her husband)

What is the Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur? A plaintiff appealed a trial court’s order granting the City of Albany’s motion to dismiss his negligence action against the City for