Georgia Court of Appeals Reaffirms Malice Required to Defeat Official Immunity under Georgia Law
In a recent case, Vidal v. Leavell, 2015 WL 4232361 (Ga. App. 2015), the Georgia Court of Appeals made it more difficult for plaintiffs...
Apportionment Statute Held Applicable to Non-Party Employers Under the Theory of Negligent Entrustme
In an action arising out of a car accident, both drivers blamed each other for the accident; however, plaintiff, Zaldivar, also blamed...
Georgia Courts Clarify Qualified Immunity for Police Officers
In an interlocutory appeal, the Court of Appeals granted summary judgment in favor of two officers in a malicious prosecution claim. The...
Claims against Employers for Employee’s Attack on Patient Survive Summary Judgment
A recent decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals in Little-Thomas v. Select Specialty Hospital-Augusta, Inc. (Case No. A15A0606),...
Change to the Standard for Evaluating Excessive Force Claims … More to Come?
Overshadowed by more politicized decisions issued in the last session, the United States Supreme Court also issued an opinion affecting...