The Georgia Supreme Court’s torts decisions of the June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021, survey period ran the gamut. Dog bite liability? Check. Proximate cause? Check. Negligent misrepresentation by a sperm bank? Alas, check. And apportionment of fault? Check, check, check. Two themes emerge from the cases of the past term. First, in the apportionment setting, one sees the court’s commitment to textualism and its readiness to interpret Georgia’s apportionment statutes as abrogating longstanding common-law doctrines. Second—and, not surprisingly, this is most apparent in the court’s business torts jurisprudence—one sees a deference to business interests: this is a business-friendly court. Of course, many cases fall outside either of these the...
In this survey period, the supreme court stretched its long-arm to overrule two earlier cases and to...
The most significant news during the current survey period continued to be the judiciary\u27s effort...
In February, after several years of debate, the Georgia General Assembly enacted a comprehensive set...
This Article addresses recent cases decided during the survey period in the area of torts. This surv...
The most noteworthy and important developments in trial practice and procedure during this survey pe...
Without question, O.C.G.A. 51-12-13 as construed in McReynolds and Couch ushers in a new era in Geor...
The Georgia Supreme Court reviewed, and reversed, two cases featured prominently in last year\u27s I...
Fact-based studies of tort litigation in Georgia are almost nonexistent. Georgia is one of many sta...
The most notable and far-reaching judicial activity during this survey period dealt with the summary...
The United States judiciary includes specialized court systems within its baseline civil and crimina...
Adrienne Johns had experience riding motorcycles for over 20 years when in 2013, total failure of th...
What do we know about tort litigation in Georgia? How many tort suits are filed? What kinds of cas...
This title is a comprehensive treatise on substantive Georgia tort law. The first publication of its...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued opinions in two significant Georgia voter redistricting cases...
In reading over 900 cases in criminal law and criminal procedure during the survey period, the fact ...
In this survey period, the supreme court stretched its long-arm to overrule two earlier cases and to...
The most significant news during the current survey period continued to be the judiciary\u27s effort...
In February, after several years of debate, the Georgia General Assembly enacted a comprehensive set...
This Article addresses recent cases decided during the survey period in the area of torts. This surv...
The most noteworthy and important developments in trial practice and procedure during this survey pe...
Without question, O.C.G.A. 51-12-13 as construed in McReynolds and Couch ushers in a new era in Geor...
The Georgia Supreme Court reviewed, and reversed, two cases featured prominently in last year\u27s I...
Fact-based studies of tort litigation in Georgia are almost nonexistent. Georgia is one of many sta...
The most notable and far-reaching judicial activity during this survey period dealt with the summary...
The United States judiciary includes specialized court systems within its baseline civil and crimina...
Adrienne Johns had experience riding motorcycles for over 20 years when in 2013, total failure of th...
What do we know about tort litigation in Georgia? How many tort suits are filed? What kinds of cas...
This title is a comprehensive treatise on substantive Georgia tort law. The first publication of its...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued opinions in two significant Georgia voter redistricting cases...
In reading over 900 cases in criminal law and criminal procedure during the survey period, the fact ...
In this survey period, the supreme court stretched its long-arm to overrule two earlier cases and to...
The most significant news during the current survey period continued to be the judiciary\u27s effort...
In February, after several years of debate, the Georgia General Assembly enacted a comprehensive set...