by Sean Cantkier | Feb 6, 2025
Beginning on page 36, the article highlights preservation’s persistent impact on appeals, explains how preservation and related doctrines work, and provides advice on how to ensure your clients’ issues are preserved on appeal.
by Sean Cantkier | Nov 12, 2024
10 years ago today, Angela Kopet opened the CSVL Chattanooga office in a small house on McCallie Avenue, with Brian Spitler and Graham Thompson joining in the following years. Since then, the Chattanooga team has grown to include 18 attorneys and staff!...
by Sean Cantkier | Oct 28, 2024
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a verdict against a surgeon for $15 million, holding that the general pattern jury charge on pain and suffering was sufficient and that the verdict was not excessive as a matter of law. Plaintiff’s husband (80 years old with...
by Sean Cantkier | Sep 12, 2024
We are pleased to announce that our partner, Matt Wayne, has been appointed as the Pupillage Group Leader for the Justices Ray L. Brock Jr. – Robert E. Cooper American Inn of Court. The Brock-Cooper Inn of Court was established by a core group of Chattanooga judges...
by Sean Cantkier | Aug 14, 2024
The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of an estate’s EMTALA claim for disparate treatment against a hospital. The decedent presented to the hospital in kidney failure. The estate alleged that the hospital’s emergency department did not perform a medical...
