Day on Torts
JUNE 6, 2022
Georgia’s Supreme Court has weighed in the so-called “apex doctrine,” which provides courts with a framework for determining whether good cause exists to forbid or limit the. The court’s 39-page opinion discusses the factors Georgia courts should consider in such cases.
Law 360
OCTOBER 4, 2021
This fall, Georgia courts are contending with questions about whether the CEO of General Motors can be deposed in a civil case stemming from a car wreck and considering state duty-to-warn laws in a $200 million injury case. Here, Law360 breaks down four Georgia cases attorneys should be watching.
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Law 360
JULY 6, 2021
Georgia appeals courts have upended decades of precedent on how attorneys can appeal trial rulings, freed employers and landowners from liability in high-dollar personal injury cases and refused to narrow the window for high ranking corporate executives to be deposed, in their most significant rulings of the year to date.
Law 360
OCTOBER 20, 2021
The Georgia Supreme Court will review whether the CEO of General Motors can be deposed in a Georgia widower's product liability suit, in a case that could change how top corporate brass are treated in state court.
Law 360
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
General Motors LLC has urged the Georgia Supreme Court to adopt what it calls a widely accepted discovery framework that would shield its CEO from being deposed in a widower's product liability case.
Law 360
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
A Georgia widower has opposed a renewed motion by General Motors LLC to shield its CEO, Mary Barra, from being deposed in his product liability and wrongful death suit, after the Georgia Supreme Court denied GM's attempt to stop her deposition.
Law 360
JUNE 16, 2021
A Georgia appeals court recently allowed a plaintiff to depose General Motors' CEO, in a blow to the apex doctrine's protections for high-ranking executives, but measures before and during discovery can reduce corporate leaders' exposure in such cases, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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