Category: Liability

Often after a motor vehicle collision, it’s obvious who the responsible parties are—the at-fault driver, possibly the vehicle manufacturer, and possibly the premises owner. One less obvious and regularly overlooked party, is the owner of the vehicle being driven by the at-fault driver. Georgia law provides two ways of holding…

Part one of this two-part blog explored the requirements for imposing liability under the Family Purpose Doctrine. This blog will look at a closely related concept known as the Negligent Entrustment Theory. What is Negligent Entrustment? Like the Family Purpose Doctrine, the Negligent Entrustment Theory is used to impose liability on…

What Law Applies: Georgia’s Choice of Law Rule in Tort Cases An important legal component in every case is determining what law applies. The answer to this question in many instances determines whether a plaintiff has a viable case. This blog post will analyze Georgia’s approach to choice of law…

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Wrongful Death Case Arising from Jeep Fire Leads to $150 Million Verdict Eleven women and one man from Bainbridge Georgia, told Chrysler that their defectively designed Jeep Grand Cherokee was dangerous, when they awarded Remington “Remi” Walden’s parents $150,000,000 after Remi died in one of the Jeeps. On April 2,…

The evidence is piling up. There have been admissions, crash tests, government investigations, recalls, and even a jury verdict. All of that evidence proves that the Jeeps with rear gas tanks, which can explode when they’re hit in the rear, are deadly-dangerous. Yet the manufacturer of the Jeeps—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles…

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Last month, the Georgia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division did me the great honor of giving me the “Young Litigator of the Year” award, primarily because of my role in the Walden v. Chrysler verdict.  They asked me to write a little bit about the case and kind of work that our law firm,…

$150 Million Jeep Fire Verdict Named Number ONE Verdict of Year It’s an honor to try cases on behalf of individuals and their families, and even more of an honor when the jury agrees with you. Today, a company that televises trials nationwide chose our firm’s verdict in Walden v….

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Georgia has permissive gun laws. Georgia’s laws resemble western states like Wyoming more than other eastern states. Passage of Georgia’s recent gun law has caused controversy—the law’s advocates and its detractors have disagreed sharply. Proponents of gun rights praised Georgia’s passage of SB60 in 2014, calling it the “most comprehensive…