On September 19, 2018, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the Cobb County State Court in Callaway v. Quinn, reinstating the injured plaintiff's claims against the defendant and requiring the trial court to further consider whether it should allow the plaintiff to add a “John Do...
On September 18, 2018, attorney John Hadden argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals the case of Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool v. Dubose, a case that concerns whether an automobile accident injury victim is, as a practical matter, able to also seek damages under the Georgia workers' compensa...
State Bar of Georgia president Kenneth Hodges recently appointed attorney John Hadden to the ICLE Transition and Integration committee. This committee will discuss the transition of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia into the State Bar of Georgia. The ICLE provides continuing ...
The Georgia Supreme Court this week reversed a Morgan County, Georgia superior court and the Georgia Court of Appeals in a case that could become a landmark decision concerning liability in food poisoning in Georgia as well as evidentiary issues concerning circumstantial evidence. The plaintiffs...
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Laurie Speed has re-appointed John Hadden as chair of the organization's Amicus Curiae Committee for 2018-2019, which he also chaired the prior year. GTLA's Amicus Curiae Committee frequently submits briefs to the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appea...
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Today, the Georgia Court of Appeals issues a ruling that could have a significant effect on personal injury claims involving landlord-tenant claims (including premises liability/negligent security cases) and other types of claims where the parties have entered into a written contract. In Langley...
Earlier today, John Hadden served as the days first speaker at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Associations Annual Convention and Seminar in Atlanta. John was joined by University of Georgia School of Law evidence professor Ron Carlson and Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Michael Carlson to di...
Thomson Reuters has just published the 2018 edition of the leading personal injury trial treatise Georgia Law of Torts - Trial Preparation and Practice, authored by John Hadden and Kenneth Shigley. This book, relied upon by lawyers and judges across the state of Georgia, has been cited in decisio...
When a customer is dissatisfied with a service (such as a bank, credit card, cable or internet provider, car dealer, AC repair service, or even nursing home), and efforts at resolving the dispute with customer service get nowhere, the customer may decide to contact a lawyer to determine his or he...
Yesterday, a bus carrying passengers to the Masters Tournament in Augusta wrecked on I-20 just outside Grovetown, near Augusta. As many as 16 passengers were injured. According to the Augusta Chronicle, the driver, Steven Hoppenbrouwer, has been charged with Driving Under the Influence (OCGA 40-6...
As reported by USA Today, Kidde, a leading manufacturer of fire safety products, has announced a recall of nearly 500,000 smoke detectors sold in the United States and Canada due to a manufacturing defect that could limit the effectiveness of the smoke detectors in alerting consumers of a fire. ...
Clients are sometimes surprised that a lawsuit is required to be filed outside their home county. In fact, subject to a few exceptions, a lawsuit based on a personal injury or wrongful death claim in Georgia is required to be filed in the county of residence of at least one of the defendants in t...
One of the most common questions from our clients is how long their claim will take to me completed. As with many questions involving Georgia personal injury practice, the answer differs depending on the specific circumstances of the case, including the amount of medical treatment, whether liabil...
An autonomous vehicle operated by ride-share company Uber was involved in a collision resulting in the death of a pedestrian on Sunday. The collision, in Tempe, Arizona, is believed to be the first death resulting from the operation of an autonomous car. An earlier fatality in 2016 involving a Te...
The Georgia Supreme Court last week handed down an opinion upholding a $40 million verdict against Chrysler Group LLC (now known as FCA US LLC) resulting from the death of a four-year-old in a 1999 Jeep that burst into flames following a rear-end collision. The plaintiffs argued that a rear-mount...
Today, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a $30 million verdict resulting from a severe hand injury following an automobile accident must be retried. In 2012, the plaintiff sustained a serious injury to her hand when the defendants Jeep crossed the centerline of the road and hit her car as ...
Uninsured motorist (UM) coverage can be critical in allowing a victim of a car accident to recover damages following an injury. Because of the significant number of uninsured drivers on the road, we advise clients to purchase as much UM coverage as they can reasonably afford. Perhaps just as impo...
Today, John Hadden, along with co-chair Chris Abrego, chaired the 2018 Trial amp; Error seminar sponsored by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, a division of the State Bar of Georgia. This seminar, which has been held annually for the past ten years, focuses on civil trial ...
In January, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed the Georgia Court of Appeals in Garden City v. Harris, Case No. S17G0692 (January 29, 2018). The case involved application of the Georgia Recreational Property Act, located in the Official Code of Georgia, Annotated at OCGA § 51-3-20 et seq. The Act ...
This morning, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and held that a Georgia statute, , does not preclude an employers liability for personal injuries resulting from a firearm during the course of the employees work. The case is Lucas v. Beckman Coulter, Inc., Supreme Court Cas...
As discussed in a previous blog post, several efforts are underway to prohibit drivers from talking on cell phones or otherwise using the devices without some form of hands-free device or use of speakerphone. One of those efforts involved a bill introduced to prohibit, statewide, the use of mobil...
According to new statistics from the Governors Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths in automobile accidents in 2016 and 2017 - nearly 6,000 deaths each year - represent a significant rise over past years. As the Wall Street Journal and USA Today report, the number has been rising since 2...
In two recent appellate decisions, courts have considered questions arising from the method in which doctors and hospitals are paid in personal injury cases. These decisions raise additional considerations for both attorneys representing victims of negligence as well as those defending the allege...
The Augusta Chronicle reported yesterday on a Richmond County sheriffs deputy who was injured by a drunk driver on Washington Road while on duty. The auto accident, and another in downtown Atlanta reported by Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA – 11 Alive that also involved law enforcement, brings to min...
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