Discovery May Be Required to Determine Whether Duty is Ministerial or Discretionary
For purposes of qualified/official immunity, a plaintiff may have the right to perform at least limited discovery to determine whether a...
School Employees Shielded by Official Immunity When Sued Over School Parking Permits
On May 10, 2017, high school student Lily Price was standing in the school parking lot waiting for a ride when fellow student Bryce...
Georgia Supreme Court Rules Significant Limits on Apportionment Apply in Single Defendant Cases
In Alston & Bird v Hatcher Management Holdings, S20G1419 (August 10, 2021) (hereinafter “HMH”), the Georgia Supreme Court made sweeping...
Georgia Supreme Court Provides Guidance in Navigating Post-Loss Duties in Bad Faith Claims
There are several complex issues of required actions, records preservation and notice in the context of post-loss tort, tort, and...
Contemporaneous Objections Required to Preserve the Record for Appeal for Arguments Made by Counsel
The Georgia Supreme Court was recently asked to determine “[w]hether a party must object to argument of counsel that allegedly violates a...