Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Medical Awards Cap Ruled Unconstitutional
Apr 5 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms. The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in...
FEMA Charges Georgia Man with Multiple False Claims
Mar 29 2010 // Desima James would seem to be the unluckiest man in America. In 2005 and 2006 alone, he suffered through three devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and flooding in New Hampshire. Or so he told the...
Georgia Senate Revives Pickup Truck Seat Belt Bill
Mar 26 2010 // The Georgia Senate this week revived and approved a proposal that would force pickup truck drivers to wear their seat belts. The bill passed with a vote of 45-2. Bill sponsor Sen. Don Thomas, a physician and Republican...
Alabama Counties Face Binge Drinking Problem
Mar 23 2010 // Jay Patel stands behind the counter at his Discount Liquors store here on Lake Weiss, waiting as a customer tries to decide just how much Jack Daniels he can afford. “Not that one,” the young man says as Patel...
Georgia ER Liability Shield Upheld
Mar 22 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 2005 tort reform legislation that limits the liability of emergency room medical care providers. The 4-3 ruling turned aside complaints that the law is...
Georgia Supreme Court Rules Medical Awards Cap Unconstitutional
Mar 22 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has struck a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms. The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical...
Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Emergency Room Tort Reform Law
Mar 15 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 2005 tort reform legislation that limits the liability of emergency room medical care providers. The 4-3 ruling turned aside complaints that the law is...
State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons
Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
AAMGA Endows $1M Chair at Georgia State University
Mar 7 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents, has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State...
Declarations
Mar 7 2010 // Tallahassee Kaleidoscope “It’s like a kaleidoscope. You think you see (the solution) one minute and the next minute it’s different.” —Rep. Bill Proctor, a St. Augustine Republican, speaking on the...
Georgia Supreme Court Defines ‘Accident’ in Multiple Vehicle Case
Mar 2 2010 // Is an auto accident that kills one bicyclist and then within seconds injures a second considered one event or two under Georgia insurance law? The Georgia Supreme Court ruled on March 1 that under Georgia law, this...
Anonymous Georgia Arson Tipsters to Receive Rewards
Mar 2 2010 // Citizens of Hall County in Georgia who provided information in a house fire that led to the conviction of an arsonist have received arson reward checks totaling $4,500. Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W....
Ex-Football Player Settles Insurance Dispute with University of Georgia
Feb 26 2010 // A former University of Georgia cornerback has reached a $400,000 settlement with the school’s athletic association over an insurance policy dispute. Decory Bryant’s settlement comes weeks after an Athens-Clarke...
AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University
Feb 26 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at...
Georgia Republican’s Bill Would Curb Insurance Execs’ Political Contributions
Feb 21 2010 // A Republican lawmaker who is running for governor in Georgia has introduced legislation to ban executives of insurance companies from contributing to a political campaign for the office of state insurance commissioner or...
Georgia Truckers Support Cargo Theft Investigation Unit
Feb 17 2010 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has commended a state trucking association for donating to the state unit charged with investigating cargo theft. The Georgia Motor Trucking Association has donated $16,000 to the Georgia...
Georgia Bill Would Restrict Insurance Executives’ Political Giving
Feb 16 2010 // A Republican state lawmaker who is running for governor in Georgia has introduced legislation to ban executives of insurance companies from contributing to a political campaign for the office of state insurance...
E-mails Suggest Georgia Insurance Chief Oxendine Had Interest in Probe
Feb 8 2010 // Georgia Insurance Department staffers raised questions about an investigation into an Iowa-based insurer and noted Commissioner John Oxendine’s “personal interest” in the complaint against the company...
Georgia Governor Backs Appointed, Not Elected, Insurance Chief
Feb 8 2010 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposal to appoint — rather than elect — four statewide constitutional officers has run headlong into opposition. Critics from both parties said the plan was unlikely to win...
Georgia House Lawmakers Send Texting Ban Bill to Study
Jan 29 2010 // Georgia lawmakers are taking a closer look at texting while driving legislation proposed last week. Representatives on the House public safety committee debated the bill on Wednesday. At the end of the hour-long hearing,...
