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		<title>Traffic Citation is a “Crime” that Tolls Limitations Period for Personal Injury Action</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Georgia recently held that a traffic citation can constitute a criminal proceeding under a statute that tolls the limitation period for filing personal injury actions.  Beneke v. Parker, 2009 WL 3062640 (Ga. Sept. 28, 2009).
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		<title>Manufacturers&#8217; Duty to Recall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently addressed a manufacturer’s duty to recall a product with a design defect and a party’s ability to introduce testimony and pleadings from other lawsuits involving the same defendant. Ford Motor Co. v. Reece, A09A0871 (September 16, 2009).  The issue arose from an accident in which a dump truck rear ended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=195&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Court Upholds Assumption of the Risk Defense in “Car Surfing” Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals recently held that Georgia’s assumption of the risk doctrine applied in a case where a teenager was injured while “car surfing” on a friend’s automobile.  Teems v. Bates, 2009 WL 2902487 (Ga.App. Sept. 11, 2009).  Assumption of the risk is a complete defense in a lawsuit alleging negligence. 
Late one night, three [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=190&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notice Requirements in a Fair Labor Standards Act Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.  For the FLSA to apply, there must be an employment relationship between an employer and an employee.
In a lawsuit against an employer for claims pursuant to the FLSA, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=186&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Faith Claims Against Insurance Companies For Failure to Pay Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[O.C.G.A. § 33-4-6 provides a cause of action for penalties and attorney’s fees when an insurer is guilty of “bad faith” in refusing to pay a claim submitted by its insured.  This statute addresses losses covered by insurance an insurance policy where the insurance company refuses to pay for such loss within 60 days [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=183&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statutes of Limitation for Breach of Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many companies are having trouble collecting on invoices after having rendered the services or delivered goods. But with this economy, what options do you have?
A client&#8217;s failure to pay for services rendered or goods delivered pursuant to contract constitutes a &#8220;breach of contract.&#8221; If you can&#8217;t otherwise get your client to pay, then you may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=175&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statute of Limitations for Catastrophic Workers Compensation Claims</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/statute-of-limitations-for-catastrophic-workers-compensation-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of whether, and what, statute of limitations applies to claims for catastrophic designation has previously remained unanswered in Georgia.  A trio of cases – two already decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals and one fully briefed and under consideration – will provide answers to these questions and will establish in what, if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=170&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>County Immunity Not Waived by Community Service Act</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/county-immunity-not-waived-by-community-service-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sovereign immunity doctrine provides that a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and thus is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. For some situations, however, governments have waived its immunity to allow for suits. Recently, the Supreme Court of Georgia clarified that O.C.G.A. § 42-8-71, also known as the &#8220;Community Service Act,&#8221; does not waive a county’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=151&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Interns Eligible for Workers Compensation?</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/are-interns-eligible-for-workers-compensation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers compensation is a form of insurance that provides medical care for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for the mandatory relinquishment of the employee&#8217;s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence.  But it sometimes is difficult to determine who qualifies as an employee.  Does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&blog=2194618&post=142&subd=buckleybrown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Photographs of Property Require the Owner’s Permission?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The College of Charleston Foundation (&#8220;Foundation&#8221;) sued Benjamin Ham for trespass, invasion of privacy, and conversion for his taking and selling a photograph of the Foundation&#8217;s property, known as the &#8220;Dixie Plantation.&#8221; The photo at issue is called &#8220;Plantation Road&#8221; and is shown here (with permission).
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