November 05, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Over It: Fulton Jury Finds for ATL R&B Label LVRN in Suit Seeking Share of Company, ProfitsLawyers for the successful record label, whose artists roster includes platinum-selling R&B star Summer Walker, said they will probably ask for attorney fees after the defendants abandoned their claims for a 12.5% ownership share of the label as the trial neared its end.
By Greg Land
5 minute read
November 03, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Lin Wood's Ex-Partners Seek Sanctions, Saying He Lied to Court Over 'Hidden' EmailsThe three lawyers suing L. Lin Wood for breaching their firm breakup agreement said emails he tried to hide show the conservative firebrand was plotting to cut them out of earned fees in the days before they signed the settlement.
By Greg Land
8 minute read
November 02, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Appeals Court Affirms $42.7M Verdict in CVS Parking Lot ShootingThe panel rejected CVS' arguments that it could not have reasonably foreseen that a violent robbery might occur at an Atlanta store and that the jury erred by not assigning any blame to the unknown shooter.
By Greg Land
5 minute read
October 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online
US Judge in Air Bag Case Seeks Georgia Justices' Input on Seat Belt Evidence ExclusionA federal judge in Macon asked the Georgia Supreme Court whether the state's statute barring the introduction of evidence pertaining to a plaintiff's use of seat belt applied to claims involving an allegedly defective air bag.
By Greg Land
5 minute read
October 21, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Bar's Board of Governors Set to Vote on Malpractice Insurance RulesAt this weekend's State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors meeting in Savannah, the board will vote on whether to approve a proposed rule requiring most private attorneys to purchase professional liability insurance or publicly disclose whether they carry it.
By Greg Land
8 minute read
October 20, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Civil Defense Bar Asks Ga. Justices to Nix Proposed Rule to Allow Contact With Opponents' Ex-EmployeesThe Georgia Defense Lawyers Association asked the Supreme Court to reject or modify a proposed rule that will allow lawyers to contact former employees of an organization without its counsel's permission or notification.
By Greg Land
5 minute read
October 19, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Justices Ponder Whether City's $5M Excess Insurance Voids Sovereign Immunity ClaimIn a case involving three people killed by a fleeing car thief, the plaintiffs asked the Georgia Supreme Court to affirm lower court rulings that College Park's purchase of $5 million in liability insurance stripped it of sovereign immunity in cases where there were claims of greater than $700,000.
By Greg Land
5 minute read
October 15, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Sexual Harassment Claims Against Ex-Police Chief in Southeast Ga. Settled for $1MThe women's federal complaint said former Jesup Police Chief Mike Lane pressured them for sex and fondled them. They quit and the chief was fired within days of their lawsuit being filed.
By Greg Land
3 minute read
October 14, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Appeals Court OKs Dismissal of Suit Against University Foundation in Savannah State Student's SlayingOne day after the shooter pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for killing Christopher Starks at Savannah State's Student Union in 2015, the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed that his parents' premises liability claims against the University System of Georgia Foundation must be dismissed.
By Greg Land
6 minute read