A divided Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday reaffirmed a doctrine that one commentator has called “a fishbone in the throat of the law.”
The legal theory-known as the acceptance doctrine-says that a contractor generally is not liable for injuries its work causes third parties if those injuries occur after the work is approved and accepted by the property owner. For a Lee County couple, it likely means the end of their suit against a road construction contractor over the loss of their child, who was stillborn following an April 2004 car accident.
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