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		<title>Res Judicata Bars Plaintiff from Recasting Allegations from Professional Negligence to Simple Negligence Against Nursing Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 17:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Dove v. Ty Cobb Healthcare Sys., Inc., ___ Ga.App. ____, 2012 WL 1759979 (May 18, 2012), Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action on behalf of her deceased mother’s estate against her mother’s former nursing home.&#160; In a separate opinion (305 Ga.App. 13 (2010)), the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s grant of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=381&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>20% Late Payment Penalty in No-Liability Workers’ Comp Settlements is Statutory and Automatic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Brewer v. WellStar Health System, ____ Ga.App. _____, 2012 WL 540081 (Feb. 21, 2012), the claimant suffered a compensable back injury while on the job and he and his self-insured employer entered into a stipulated settlement agreement. The Board approved the award on July 7, 2009. The Board, at that time, was aware that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=373&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Constructive Knowledge Lands Storeowner in Puddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 12, 2012, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a Glynn County Superior Court finding of summary judgment in favor of a storeowner where Plaintiff slipped and fell in a puddle of wine along the rear aisle of the store. Bradley v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 12 FCDR 878 (Ga.App. March 2, 2012). There, to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=370&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Based On Assumption of Risk, Court of Appeals Reverses Verdict for Plaintiff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a Gwinnett State Court verdict of $317,002 in favor of plaintiffs where the injured plaintiff “was clearly aware of the potential danger of injury” and “deliberately chose to operate the vehicle despite the risk.” Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. McTaggart, 2011 WL 5529843 (Ga.App. Nov. 15, 2011). There, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=366&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Court of Appeals: Plaintiff Cannot Stack Policies for Recovery in an Uninsured Motorist Accident</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/georgia-court-of-appeals-plaintiff-cannot-stack-policies-for-recovery-in-an-uninsured-motorist-accident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 7, 2007, Judy Dunn-Craft was driving a jeep owned by her boyfriend, Steven Vinson, and insured by State Farm. Noticing movement in bushes to her right Dunn-Craft turned around and proceeded back to the area, where she stopped her car in the oncoming traffic lane with her lights on. She exited the car [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=362&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fulton County Judge: Uninsured Motorist Carrier Liable for Umbrella Policy Limit As Well As Uninsured Motorist Coverage</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/fulton-county-judge-uninsured-motorist-carrier-liable-for-umbrella-policy-limit-as-well-as-uninsured-motorist-coverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, Georgia’s uninsured motorist (UM) law was changed to make the limit of automobile coverage the default amount of UM coverage. A Georgia Court of Appeals decision, Abrohams v. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Agency, 282 Ga.App. 176 (2006), held that provision applied to umbrella policies as well. In August 2007, Carol Thurman was injured in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=358&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workers’ Compensation Claimant Not Required to Authorize Ex Parte Communications with Treating Physician</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/workers-compensation-claimant-not-required-to-authorize-ex-parte-communications-with-treating-physician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling which appears inconsistent with common practices in the workers’ compensation setting and held that a claimant is not required, as a condition of receiving benefits, to execute a release authorizing a treating physician to engage in ex parte (i.e. outside of the claimant’s or the claimant’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=354&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At-Fault Driver Distracted by Cell Phone Not Liable for Punitive Damages Absent Evidence of Aggravating Circumstances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently held that punitive damages are not necessarily warranted where a driver causes a motor vehicle accident while distracted by his or her cell phone. In Lindsey v. Clinch County Glass, Inc., 2011 WL 4057533 (Ga.App. Sep. 14, 2011), the plaintiff sued the defendant for injuries sustained in a collision [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=351&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Decisions Involving Waiver of Sovereign Immunity for Use of Motor Vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently addressed a county’s waiver of sovereign immunity for claims arising out of the use of a government vehicle. In Strength v. Lovett, 2011 WL 2716018 (Ga.App. Jul. 14, 2011), the plaintiffs sued a county sheriff for wrongful death arising out of a fatal collision during a high speed chase [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=349&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Compensation: After Termination for Cause, Claimant Has Burden to Prove Causal Relation Between Injury and Inability to Find Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Veolia Environmental Services v. Vick, 309 Ga.App. 658 (2011), the claimant was injured when he fell off a piece of equipment at work and began receiving TTD benefits until he returned to light duty work. After he was terminated for failing to follow the employer’s drug policy, the claimant sought an award of TPD [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2194618&#038;post=345&#038;subd=buckleybrown&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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