Slave Descendants Still Fighting for Georgia Court to Hear Discrimination Claims July 23, 2025 By Russ Bynum DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Black landowners from a tiny island community returned to a Georgia courtroom, urging a judge to...
Georgia Commissioner Says Rates to Drop This Year After Tort Reform Passage April 25, 2025 Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King predicted property-casualty insurance rates will drop 3% to 5% in the next year after lawmakers...
Will Georgia Gov. Kemp’s Move to Curb Lawsuits Keep Insurance Rates From Rising? February 3, 2025 By Charlotte Kramon Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday reiterated his simple pitch for lawsuit limits: They’ll halt rising insurance costs. The reality,...
Georgia Lawmakers Gearing Up for New Tort Reform Push January 10, 2025 By Charlotte Kramon ATLANTA (AP) — After years of stalled efforts to limit civil lawsuits, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican lawmakers are...
Tougher State Malpractice Laws May Not Reduce Defensive Medicine October 27, 2014 Changing laws to make it more difficult to sue physicians for medical malpractice may not reduce the amount of “defensive...
Georgia Studies Moving Malpractice Claims from Court to Review Panel September 26, 2013 By Christina Cassidy A panel of state lawmakers is studying a Senate bill that would overhaul Georgia’s medical malpractice system, with groups such...