BCLP Attorneys Author Article for ‘Law360’ on Georgia High Court Ruling

BCLP Associates Kevin Arocha and Christian Bromley authored an article published Oct. 6 by Law360  concerning the Aug. 10 Georgia Supreme Court landmark decision in Alston & Bird LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings LLC, holding that damages cannot be apportioned to nonparties under Georgia's now 16-year-old apportionment statute in any case where there is only one named defendant. "This limitation applies even where a jury or trier of fact expressly determines that a nonparty was also at fault. In practical terms, single named defendants in Georgia may now be obligated to cover the entirety of a damage award, minus any proportion attributable to the plaintiff's fault, when that nonparty is not named, is never joined, or settles and is dismissed before trial,” they wrote.

The Law360 article is based off the Aug. 17 client alert, The Supreme Court of Georgia Sheds New Light on Apportionment of Damages.