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Month: April 2024

Construction Operations Have a Duty to Keep Young Workers Out of Danger

Construction jobs are an understandably popular option for Georgia teens seeking an income or some experience for a résumé. The work is project-based, the skills are broadly applicable, and the chance to work around power tools and heavy machinery is a strong draw for many mechanically-minded young people. Unfortunately, those power tools and heavy machines are a major part of what makes construction sites such dangerous places, especially for people whose brains and bodies are still devel...

What Is Loss of Consortium?

Loss of consortium is the loss of emotional and practical support that one spouse suffers when the other spouse is seriously injured. If your spouse has been harmed by someone else’s negligence, you may feel obligated to downplay your own inconvenience and emotional hardship as you rearrange your life to support them. However, this reaction could be doing both of you a disservice. Pursuing a loss of consortium lawsuit, in addition to your spouse’s personal injury lawsuit, can result in bet...

How to Prove Punitive Damages

Punitive damages are an additional sum that a civil court may order a negligent party to pay, on top of the assessed value of the actual damages the victim suffered.  It is, essentially, a fine. The purpose of punitive damages is to punish and deter particularly reprehensible behavior, and it not designed to compensate the victim. As a result, the process for proving that punitive damages are appropriate is more difficult, there are often statutory maximums, and some the money often goes t...