by admin | Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Several yeas ago I wrote an article for the Georgia Bar Journal, the Georgia State Bar’s legal journal. The article was about spoliation, which is the reckless or willful destruction of evidence, or refusal to produce evidence. Thankfully, spoliation is rare,...
by admin | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have been blogging about a legal topic called “spoliation”, which is the willful destruction or withholding of evidence. As a Georgia personal injury lawyer, I sometimes have to deal with situations where the defendant has destroyed evidence that I need...
by admin | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today’s Atlanta personal injury law blog entry will be about “spoliation”. (And yes, I don’t blame you one bit if you think I just spelled that wrong. The first time that I saw that word in a draft of a brief I went through correcting it...
by admin | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today’s Atlanta personal injury law blog entry will be about “spoliation”. (And yes, I don’t blame you one bit if you think I just spelled that wrong. The first time that I saw that word in a draft of a brief I went through correcting it...
by admin | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
On January 20, 2012, a Gwinnett County jury awarded a $2.3 million verdict against Kroger in Gwinnett County. See 1/26/12 Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. The case was important because it involved a legal issue called “spoliation.” Mr. Craig Walters...
by admin | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
I write this personal injury blog from Atlanta, Georgia, and recently I have posted several entries about the liability of Georgia cities that do not construct or maintain their roads properly. In one recent case I did, the City let a stop sign fall down and my client...
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...
