Katheryn Tucker

October 31, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"We hold that Avis is entitled to judgment on all claims," Chief Judge Christopher McFadden said.

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read

October 29, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Judge Clarence Seeliger will leave his job open in the 2020 election. He won his way onto the bench in 1980, beating an incumbent known for jailing Martin Luther King Jr. on a traffic ticket and flying a Confederate flag in court. Seeliger became known as a champion of justice for those who had suffered abuse.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

October 29, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"Negligence on the stunt is the heart of the case," said plaintiff's counsel Jeffrey Harris of Harris Lowry Manton in Savannah and Atlanta. "At the end of the day it's going to be a straightforward question of whether the actor and the production company were negligent in the way they set up the stunt."

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

October 28, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Lloyd Bell of the Bell Law Firm in Atlanta explains how a forensic computer inspection revealed what he needed to settle a med-mal case—and what every young man should know about cancer.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

October 28, 2019 | Daily Report Online

To decide the case, the jurors had to learn what a "toter truck" is and why it blows out so many tires. They apportioned 10% of the fault to driver who broke his back changing a flat and 90% to the company that owns the truck.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

October 23, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"This pledge to diversifying the legal profession and helping future lawyers and leaders advances our shared commitment to the values of diversity, inclusion and belonging in the legal profession," law school Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge said.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

October 23, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Doyle announced in April her plans to run for the Georgia Supreme Court next year and leave her job open on the ballot. She now has three opponents for the Supreme Court job, and six contenders to replace her on the Court of Appeals.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

October 22, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"This argument—which was not made to the trial court below—defies logic," Judge Carla Wong McMillian wrote.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

October 17, 2019 | National Law Journal

"Failing to adequately inform patients and doctors of the serious risks associated with these devices put in jeopardy the welfare of countless women," Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr said. "That is unacceptable, and we think this settlement sends a strong message."

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

October 16, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"Forcing voters to cast their ballots under the steely gaze of armed law enforcement officers all but amounts to government-sponsored voter intimidation," ACLU attorneys said in a letter to the Clayton County Board of Elections demanding reconsideration.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read