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Marietta Personal Injury Attorney // Blog
February 27, 2025
Geary v. Estate of Tapley
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Upholds $15 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case, Holding That Pain and Suffering Damages Do Not Require Imminent Awareness of DeathFebruary 26, 2025
AU Medical Center v. Dale
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Holds That Former OCGA § 51-12-33(b) Does Not Permit Apportionment When Only One Defendant Remains at Trial, Even if Multiple Defendants Were...February 25, 2025
How Lowball Insurance Offers Hurt Real People (Part 3)
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Georgia Tort Law,
Recently, I’ve heard a lot of talk in Georgia about why our laws supposedly need to change—to benefit insurance companies even more. But what...February 25, 2025
Sandler v. Coger
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Holds That Defense Cross-Examination Asking About Contents of Blog Article Constituted the Introduction of Evidence, Depriving Defendant of Right to Open and...February 25, 2025
Shedeke v. Garrett
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Holds That Police Officer Was a Licensee Under the Fireman’s Rule and Landowner Was Not at FaultFebruary 24, 2025
Miller v. Wilcoxson
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Holds That a Voluntary Dismissal Deprives the Trial Court of Jurisdiction to Allocate Wrongful Death Settlement ProceedsFebruary 21, 2025
Junior v. Graham
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Upholds Trial Court’s Attorney Fee Calculation, Ruling That Contingency Fee Agreements Do Not Dictate Reasonable Fee Awards Under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68February 20, 2025
“Not Every Insurance Company is Bad…”
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Georgia Tort Law,
“Not every insurance company is bad.” I often hear this in response to the examples I’ve given of insurance companies lowballing my clients. (See here...February 20, 2025
Edwards v. Higgins
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court Vacates Attorney Fee Award, Ruling That Contingency Fee Agreements Cannot Be the Sole Basis for Calculating FeesFebruary 19, 2025
Georgia Department of Transportation v. Jackson
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Court of Appeals Dismisses Lawsuit Against GDOT, Holding That Plaintiff Failed to Strictly Comply With Ante Litem Notice RequirementsFebruary 18, 2025
How Lowball Insurance Offers Hurt Real People (Part 2)
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Georgia Tort Law,
Part 2 of insurance companies lowballing people. (You can read Part 1 here.) This time, it was Allstate. My client was involved in a serious...February 18, 2025
American Quality Foods v. Britten
By The Champion Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C.
Categories: Court Opinion and Rulings,
Georgia Court of Appeals Rules Against Slip-and-Fall Plaintiff, Finding That Speculative Evidence Cannot Establish Premises Liability