Case Updates
Georgia Supreme Court allows evidence of CEO’s compensation and benefits to be admitted in tort case against company
March 15, 2018
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber urges Georgia Supreme Court to affirm that, in assessing whether a verdict is excessive, courts can and should consider prior upheld awards from similar cases
August 15, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court granted review to decide whether a trial court erred by permitting plaintiffs’ counsel, in a wrongful-death case arising from a car accident, to put on evidence of Chrysler’s CEO’s compensation and benefits and then to urge the jury to calibrate its damages award to that compensation. The U.S. Chamber and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief on the merits arguing that Georgia law prohibits using wealth evidence at trial to inflame the jury.
Kyla G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, and Brian D. Boone of Alston & Bird LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.
Cert. petition granted
June 30, 2017
Click here to view the order.
U.S. Chamber urges Georgia Supreme Court to clarify admissibility of evidence of wealth in trials
February 03, 2017
Click here to view the Chamber's amicus brief filed with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in support of certiorari.
Kyla G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, and Brian D. Boone of Alston & Bird LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.
Case Documents
- Cert. Petition -- Chrysler Group LLC v. Walden (Georgia Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Chrysler Group LLC v. Walden (Georgia Supreme Court).pdf
- Order Granting Certiorari -- Chrysler Group LLC v. Walden (Georgia Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief (merits) -- Chrysler Group LLC v. Walden (Georgia Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Chrysler Group LLC v. Walden (Georgia Supreme Court).pdf