Georgia has enacted the most comprehensive tort reform legislation the state has seen in nearly 20 years.
Passed during the 2025 Georgia legislative session, the legislation impacts multiple aspects of Georgia tort...more
5/2/2025
/ Bifurcation ,
Damages ,
Discovery ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Litigation Funding ,
Negligence ,
New Legislation ,
Premises Liability ,
Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Tort Reform
Marketing campaigns describing products as “green,” “natural,” and “clean” have become increasingly popular as companies seek to attract environmentally conscientious consumers. With a simultaneous increase in public...more
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently considered a challenge to Georgia’s preponderance-of-the-evidence pattern jury instruction, which is based upon a repealed version of Georgia’s prior evidence code. Reading from the...more
As general awareness of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) has continued to rise in recent years, courts have experienced an increase in civil lawsuits alleging false and misleading advertising in corporate...more
10/11/2023
/ Advertising ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cosmetics ,
False Advertising ,
Fire-Retardant Clothing ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Safety ,
Marketing ,
Personal Care Products ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Product Labels ,
Product Packaging ,
Sustainability ,
Toxic Chemicals
The Georgia Supreme Court recently decided important premises liability questions and found landowners liable for injuries to persons on their property caused by third-party criminal assailants....more
In recent years, the topic of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) has become well-known to the general public. State and federal regulators have implemented new regulatory standards for PFAS in groundwater, drinking...more
6/9/2023
/ Consumer Product Companies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cosmetics ,
Food Contamination ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Manufacturers ,
Personal Care Products ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Product Packaging ,
Textiles ,
Toxic Chemicals
The Supreme Court of Georgia recently issued a decision on whether the Apex Doctrine - a theory under which high-ranking corporate executives and government officials may not be compelled to sit for depositions if they lack...more
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued another decision in its recent line of cases opining on the scope and availability of Georgia’s apportionment statute - O.C.G.A. § 51-12-13. This latest decision, Alston & Bird, LLP v....more
The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision impacting all product liability cases in Georgia by finding that Georgia’s apportionment statute—O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33—applies to claims for strict product liability, and as...more
11/19/2020
/ Apportionment ,
Bodily Injury ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Comparative Negligence ,
Damages ,
Design Defects ,
GA Supreme Court ,
Jury Awards ,
Manufacturers ,
Negligence ,
Product Defects
On June 26, 2020, and in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Georgia’s Legislature passed the “Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act” (the “Act”). The Act provides Georgia businesses with certain defenses...more
On June 23, 2020, the Georgia Legislature passed a closely watched hate-crimes bill -- House Bill 426 (“HB 426”). Georgia is currently one of only four states in the U.S. without such hate-crimes legislation....more
In this post, we take a look at three recent decisions in which food industry defendants were accused of falsely advertising their food products as “fresh”. As discussed in our prior post, a clear-cut, consensus definition...more