Atlanta Injury Law Blog » Venue Changes

When younger lawyers ask me for advice on their cases, among my first questions are, “What is the venue?” and “Who is the judge?”   Often the response is, “Uh, I’ll get back to you....

https://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/venue-changes/venue-options-broaden-for-georgia-state-tort-claims-cases.html

For years both lawyers and insurance claims professionals assumed that a plaintiff could not win a substantial verdict in certain suburban Atlanta counties, notably Cobb and Gwinnett.  Until the...

https://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/venue-changes/does-venue-matter-any-more.html

$1.4 million for lawyer whose client got $183,000???? Continue Reading

https://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/venue-changes/court-awards-attorneys-fees-of-1-4-million-where-client-got-183000.html

When the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 3 — the "tort reform" conglomeration — in February 2005, most of the legislators hadn’t even read the entire bill, most of its provision...

https://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/offers-of-judgment/buyers-regrets-on-senate-bill-3.html

Senate Bill 3 amended 9-10-31 to bring back a “vanishing venue” rule as follows: (d) If all defendants who reside in the county in which an action is pending are discharged from liability bef...

https://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/venue-changes/so-what-happens-after-resident-defendant-gets-out.html

The new Georgia tort reform legislation (SB 3) brings back the old rule of “vanishing venue” in which a case could go all the way through trial and then be sent back to the court of another c...

https://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/venue-changes/georgia-tort-reform-vanishing-venue-and-forum-non-conveniens.html