More Action On The Apportionment Front In Georgia

• Published date: 20 January 2022
• Law Firm: Freeman Mathis & Gary
• Author: Robert Marcovitch

Since the time that the Georgia General Assembly enacted tort reform legislation in 2005, surely the most litigated element of the reforms put in place has been the provision for apportionment to non-parties that was contained in amended O.C.G.A. ' 51-12-33. As part of that legislation joint and several liability was replaced by liability according to a parties' fault.

In 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its hugely significant decision in Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Mgmt. Holdings, LLC, - Ga. -...