by admin | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
As a personal injury lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, I often need to get business records into evidence. For example, in a Georgia car accident case, I might need to get the car accident report into evidence. In a case where someone was hurt in a trucking accident in...
by admin | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am an Atlanta, Georgia personal injury blogger, and I am on my third and final post on the law of res gestae in Georgia. See O.C.G.A. § 24-3-3. The law of res gestae is ancient here in Georgia. I am a prettyexperienced Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyer,...
by admin | Jan 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
In my last Atlanta, Georgia legal blog post, I talked about a very old and traditional law in Georgia that will come to an end when our new evidence statute takes effect. Res gestae is an exception to the hearsay rule. Under the hearsay rule, courts will not allow...
by admin | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am a personal injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, and like lawyers throughout Georgia, I am witnessing a Georgia evidence statute in its death throes. The law of “res gestae” is ancient here in Georgia, but the new evidence code abolishes that law in...
by admin | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
In Georgia and throughout the United States, governments have “sovereign immunity” for what they do. Under “sovereign immunity”, a governmental entity cannot be sued even when its actions have harmed someone. The rule has exceptions, and in...
