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Case Law Update: Court of Appeals Clarifies When Summary Judgment is Appropriate for Premises Owners With Respect to Constructive Knowledge When a Licensee is Injured

August 29, 2014 by

A recent opinion of the Georgia Court of Appeals contrasts two deck collapse cases under similar, but not identical, facts. In Rogers v. Woodruff, A14A0425 (August, 19 2014), the Court undertook an analysis of facts similar to those presented in … Read More

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Using Industry Standards In Daubert Challenges: Context Matters

August 15, 2014 by

In the recently-decided Adams v. Laboratory Corporation of America, Case No. 13-10425, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals provided some legal guidance on application of industry guidelines to motions to exclude expert testimony. The case concerned the Plaintiffs’ claim that Defendant LabCorp … Read More

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Case Law Update: Court of Appeals Denies Defendant’s Attempt to Apportion Responsibility to Plaintiff’s Employer Finding a Lack of Causal Connection

August 4, 2014 by

Georgia’s case law on apportionment of fault to a non-party continues to evolve.  In Zaldivar v. Prickett, A14A0113 (Ga. Ct. App. July 16, 2014) Zaldivar and Prickett were involved in an automobile accident at an intersection, for which they each … Read More