The Court of Appeals of Georgia has stated – for the first time – a definition of collusion in the context of vanishing venue. Proof of...

The Georgia Civil Practice Act allows for service of an entity via its registered agent. O.C.G.A. § 9-11-4 (e) (1). However, there are...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled that notice of a lawsuit does not waive the defense of lack of service. IMC Construction Company,...

The Supreme Court of Georgia has clarified that when a statute of limitations begins to run is contingent on the underlying elements of...

An offer of settlement for $3,000.00 on a $40,000.00 claim was found to not be made in good faith despite the defendant in the case...

The Georgia Arbitration Code provides that a "court shall confirm an award upon application of a party made within one year after its...

A foreign corporation is not deemed to be transacting business in Georgia under O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1501, and therefore is able to maintain a...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia held that a three-month delay in serving a defendant after filing a complaint on the day the statute of...

The Supreme Court of Georgia stated that Allstate Insurance Co. v. Klein, 262 Ga. 599 (422 SE2d 863) (1992) does not violate the due...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia recently held that: (1) an order is not a final order, even it is so aptly titled, when a judge reserves...

In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33 does not allow a reduction of damages against a...

A trial court in Georgia set aside a default judgment stating, (1) that service was insufficient, and (2) that the court had wide...

The Georgia Court of Appeals decided that a trial judge erred in instructing the jury on spoliation of evidence that effectively made the...

As a general rule, contract claims are subject to a six-year statute of limitation. See OCGA § 9-3-24. The “six-year period begins to run...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia stated that an individual cannot act as both a receiver/auditor and a special master in the same matter...

A trial court overseeing a protracted church dispute waded into the waters of the corporate code as it pertains to two disputing factions...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed discovery sanctions against a party for failing to disclose an umbrella insurance policy....

The Court of Appeals clarified that a party has no duty to preserve evidence if it has no actual or constructive knowledge of a lawsuit....

The Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (the "Act"), see O.C.G.A. § 50-13-1 et seq., gives agency procedures for administrative...