ATLANTA — Georgia doctors are once again able to perform routine procedures and surgeries. But what if something goes wrong? Channel 2 Action News has learned that an executive order put in place to ...

Abstract: Just as juries that ignore the evidence to reach a verdict contrary to the law engage in “jury nullification,” judges that substitute their policy preferences for those of elected ...

A Georgia appellate court held that plaintiff's nearly $6 million damage award was improper because the trial court permitted the jury to view a copy of the complaint which included allegations and ...

The Georgia Court of Appeals held that the continuous representation rule does not apply to legal malpractice actions. Thus, plaintiff's claims against his attorneys based on their alleged negligence ...

Alanna G. Clair is a partner at Dentons US LLP. Her practice focuses on professional liability and law firm defense, as well as the defense of insurers through coverage or bad faith litigation. Alanna ...

28 law firms are supporting a Barnes & Thornburg lawyer in a Georgia Supreme Court case. Two courts agreed that a common law-based doctrine protects the lawyer from liability when alleged mistakes ...

Eight percent of physicians in Georgia, including those disciplined by the state medical board for serious transgressions, do not carry malpractice insurance, according to an in-depth investigation by ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 21, 2025 / Adam Malone, a leading medical malpractice and catastrophic injury attorney, has been voted #1 in the Georgia Top 10 by Super Lawyers, a ...

Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer has settled a lawsuit filed by a former law client who accused him of fraud and legal malpractice. The settlement was disclosed Tuesday in a motion ...

Georgia's top court has overturned a state law that set a $350,000 limit on jury awards for malpractice victims' pain and suffering and other non-economic damages. The Georgia Supreme Court's ruling, ...

(Reuters) - Georgia's highest state court on Wednesday said Proskauer Rose must face a legal malpractice case alleging the firm knowingly conspired to promote an improper tax shelter scheme. The ...