How Does a Plaintiff Prove Negligence in an Accident with a City Truck? The Georgia Court of Appeals heard a second issue in this personal injury action stemming from a

When Can An Auto Accident Victim Amended Their Complaint to Add a Defendant under the Relation Back Rule? The Georgia Court of Appeals recently granted the application for interlocutory appeal

Is an Auto Accident Victim Entitled to a Hearing on Willfulness for Failing to Respond to Discovery Requests? In a recent action arising from an automobile accident, a motorist appealed

Was a Presumed Independent Contractor Liable for Damages in an Auto Accident Case? A car accident victim and an intervenor in a negligence action appealed from a trial court’s order

Drunk Driving Causes a Third of All Auto Accidents About 37 people in the United States die each day in drunk-driving accidents. That’s one person dead every 39 minutes. The

How Do You Object to a Jury Instruction on Causation? In an order granting a plaintiff’s Motion for New Trial, a Chatham County Georgia judge granted the motion after a

Deadly Wrong-Way Crashes Increasing in Metro Atlanta Law enforcement in the Atlanta metro area are facing a dramatic uptick in the number of deadly wrong-way crashes, according to the Georgia

Can Evidence of Improper Seatbelt Use Be Admitted at Trial? In an appeal arising from an automobile accident wherein a driver and his wife both died after a truck went

How Does Apportionment of Fault Work? A recent Georgia case turned on whether O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33(b), which addresses apportionment in “an action … brought against more than one person for

Can Uninsured Motorist Insurance Cover a Shooting? A recent lawsuit involved the application of an uninsured motorist (“UM”) policy to a shooting incident. The plaintiff sought to recover UM benefits