A bill described as "the first part of Gov. Brian Kemp's multiyear approach to tort reform," received a favorable Georgia House Insurance Committee reading on February 15.

The bill would stop plaintiffs from suing insurance companies directly in motor vehicle cases if they can also serve the motor carrier and the driver.

"This is one of the first cases I'm aware of where a piece of technology designed to avoid a crash actually set one up," said plaintiff's attorney Joe Fried.

How the appellate court falls will determine how far a railroad's duty of care to its customers extends.

The question boils down to whether temporary workers are technically employees of the companies they are contracted out to.

A crane operator had a side hustle for years before he was injured. However, the COVID-19 pandemic drove away both clients and profits from the gig in the months leading up to a debilitating injury.

Duty to read, dual agency and interpretation of case law converge in an auto tort where a tractor was rear ended by an uninsured car.

'If you don't have the authorized treating physician's report releasing the person to full duty, then it's like a crapshoot,' Presiding Judge M. Yvette Miller said.