MUNICIPALITY CASE LAW Clay v. Batts, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56, *1 Key Legal Holdings Walton County Jail and Walton County Sheriff’s Office named as defendants in Clay’s §1983 action must be dismissed because they are not entities subject to suit. Clay’s claim that Defendant Batts denied him access to …
PROCEDURE CASE LAW UPDATE Daniels v. Main Highway Logistics, LLC, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 268874, *1 Key Legal Holdings Defendant Southwind, a foreign corporation with its principal place of business in North Carolina, is not subject to direct action in Georgia under O.C.G.A. § 40-2-140 because the LRRA preempts Georgia’s …
EMPLOYMENT CASE LAW UPDATE Seager v. City of Villa Rica, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 268321, *1 Key Legal Holdings Seager’s evidence that no female officers received education incentives was insufficient to establish sex discrimination where the undisputed evidence showed Chief Mansour only approved incentives for officers who obtained degrees …
Georgia’s new tort reform law has been on the books for several months — and its real-world impact is starting to unfold in the courtroom. Join us for an updated edition of our popular Georgia Tort Reform webinar, where we’ll break down the key provisions of the law and explore …
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9-0 decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services (No. 23-1039), eliminating an additional evidentiary burden that had previously applied to plaintiffs from majority groups—such as white or heterosexual employees—when bringing discrimination claims under Title VII of the …
In Georgia’s first meaningful tort reform legislation since 2005, here is your quick-reference cheat sheet on how this new law will affect many aspects of tort litigation. Note that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has not signed the bill into law, but given his support of the legislation, we expect it …