By Alex Anteau | March 1, 2024
"If this Court were to reverse the trial court's order and hold that when a medical student is on a clinical rotation with a physician the physician is vicariously liable for that student's conduct, what physician would ever participate in the educational process with the prospect they would be held vicariously liability for a medical student's error?" the appellee brief asked. "The answer is simple—no physician would accept that risk."
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
Plaintiff-appellant counsel Walker Chandler said that this raises "interesting questions" concerning sovereign immunity after Georgia voters approved a 2020 ballot measure that would make it easier for citizens to challenge the constitutionality of state actions.
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
"The type of harm that occurred … is precisely the type of harm that the statute was designed to guard against," the court wrote in a unanimous opinion.
By Alex Anteau | February 21, 2024
"Litigation strategy can be much debated among lawyers," Leonard's attorneys, former Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins and Meredith Kingsley of Alston & Bird, wrote in their appellee brief. "That leaves even seasoned litigators open to second-guessing, especially when their decisions are viewed in hindsight after an adverse ruling."
By Mason Lawlor | February 21, 2024
Helmick is currently an assistant U.S. attorney and has served as the Columbus branch chief for the Middle District U.S. Attorney's Office and will succeed retiring Magistrate Judge Stephen Hyles.
By Alex Anteau | February 20, 2024
Padgett was chosen to fill the vacancy created by the Supreme Court's removal of Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer for judicial misconduct on Aug. 16, 2023.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | February 15, 2024
The state House voted 154-13 on Thursday to pass House Bill 947, which would put into law guidelines for raising and standardizing pay. The bill goes on to the Senate for more debate, and lawmakers would have to later budget the money for the increases.
By Cedra Mayfield | February 9, 2024
"She could check herself into the Douglas County Jail for two days and put on an orange suit," said Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel member Richard Hyde.
By Cedra Mayfield | February 7, 2024
"[W]ithin the Supreme Court, we have experienced a staff attorney turnover rate of over 57 percent since January 2019," said Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs Wednesday.
By Cedra Mayfield | February 7, 2024
"The rule of law may be under attack in aspects of culture and society," said Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson Tuesday.
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