The Supreme Court of Georgia has given a national drugstore retailer the green light to challenge a multimillion-dollar premises liability verdict awarded to a man robbed and shot in one of its parking lots.

Granted writ of certiorari Tuesday, counsel for appellant Georgia CVS will appear before the high court in February to appeal a $42.7 million jury verdict awarded to appellee James Carmichael in March 2019 and upheld by the Georgia Court of Appeals last November.

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