Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Under the OSH Act, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm. Although OSHA indicated …
In Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Florida, Georgia, Alabama) vacated a trial court decision that the grocery chain violated the ADA because a visually impaired customer could not use its website to refill a prescription. The court rejected the use of the nexus test, …
Can a plaintiff’s attorney file a complaint on behalf of a plaintiff in said plaintiff’s name when the plaintiff is deceased? This was the issue facing the court in the matter of Carolyn Repko v. Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Inc., 2020 N.J. Super. LEXIS 204 (App. Div. August …
SCENARIO: $100,000 billed to Plaintiff for a surgery center “facility fee” where the provider accepts $10,000 for full payment. QUESTION: In seeking recovery for this medical bill, what amount should Plaintiff be able to “blackboard” to a jury? The inflated, billed amount ($100,000) that Plaintiff didn’t pay and isn’t responsible …
The 2021 Georgia legislative session ended March 31 without the General Assembly passing HB 200, which would have amended Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic to, among other changes, provide for the failure to wear a safety belt or safety restraints …
Earlier this month, in a favorable ruling for landowners and landlords, the Georgia Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in CHAM et al. v. ECI MANAGEMENT CORPORATION et al. upholding a judge’s instruction to the jury that a man robbed and shot at his girlfriend’s apartment complex may have been …