THE QUESTIONS of how judges are elected and the size of the state’s high court may be the dominant legal topics in this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly. But numerous other issues of interest to lawyers will also arise, including an attempt to roll back part of the landmark 2005 law that favored defendants in some tort cases.
Republicans enter the 2007 session, which starts today, with total control of the General Assembly-in addition to the governor’s office and, with Casey Cagle’s victory in November, the lieutenant governor’s seat. Since this isn’t an election year, many legislative observers have said the General Assembly might be willing this year to consider unpopular issues.
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