A former state attorney general told state senators Tuesday a bill that would replace Georgia’s medical malpractice tort system with a workers’ compensation-like board is constitutional, contrary to the opinion of the preceeding AG.
McKenna Long & Aldridge partner Thurbert Baker, joined by a top Republican lawyer and an assistant Emory University law professor, told lawmakers that the proposed legislation does not violate the constitutional right to a jury trial because it creates a totally new proceeding—without jurors.
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