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• Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Statutory Cap of $250,000 on Punitive Damages.
  03/17/2023
  The Supreme Court of Georgia recently affirmed the constitutionality of Georgia’s $250,000 punitive damages cap under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-5.1(g) in the underlying case of Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al., 2023 WL 2519243, softening the blow for jury awards for punitive damages.
  ATTORNEY: Savannah Acheson
  CATEGORIES : Civil Litigation, Emerging Legal Trends, Litigation and Trial Strategy, medical malpractice, Recent Appellate Court Decisions
• Georgia Court of Appeals Finds Internal Medicine Physician Qualified to Render Standard of Care Opinions Against a Psychiatrist.
  07/28/2022
  The Court of Appeals continued to loosen restrictions on the admissibility of expert testimony in medical malpractice cases with the recent decision of Russell v. Kantamneni.
  ATTORNEY: Colleen E. Callaghan
  CATEGORIES : Civil Litigation, Emerging Legal Trends, Litigation and Trial Strategy, medical malpractice, Recent Appellate Court Decisions
• An Underreported Landmark: The Textualist Dismantling of the Respondeat Superior Rule
  06/07/2022
  Mick Evans examines the textualist approach used by the Supreme Court of Georgia in Quynn v. Hulsey, 310 Ga 473 (2020) in holding that the Respondeat Superior rule had been abrogated by the Apportionment Statute enacted by the Georgia legislature in 2005.
  CATEGORIES : Civil Litigation, Emerging Legal Trends, Litigation and Trial Strategy, Recent Appellate Court Decisions
• Supreme Court of Georgia Approves "Double Recovery" of Attorney's Fees by Plaintiffs
  05/16/2022
  In a recent and surprising opinion, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that plaintiffs can recover twice for their attorney's fees and expenses of litigation under two different statutes.
  ATTORNEY: Samuel E. Britt,  III
  CATEGORIES : Civil Litigation, Emerging Legal Trends, Litigation and Trial Strategy, medical malpractice, Recent Appellate Court Decisions
• Does Joint and Several Liability Have New Life in Georgia?
  11/23/2021
  Recent appellate decisions in Georgia are changing the way litigants approach cases with multiple or joint tortfeasors.  
  ATTORNEY: Samuel E. Britt,  III
  CATEGORIES : Civil Litigation, Emerging Legal Trends, Litigation and Trial Strategy, Recent Appellate Court Decisions