John D. Hadden - Personal Injury Trial & Appellate Attorney

03/29/2025

Georgia's new "tort reform" laws will soon go into effect. Here is a summary of some of the changes.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will sign Senate Bill 68, a sweeping revision to numerous provisions of the Georgia Civil Practice Act and tort laws that will change the landscape of litigation in Georgia, in coming days. While the focus was on so-called “tort reform,” the legal changes will affect ...

02/10/2025

Tort reform is a key issue in this year’s legislative session. One part of the proposal would prevent victims from arguing-or even mentioning-the full value of their damages that were caused by companies or institutions. The right to a trial by jury is a Constitutional right guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment. Tort reform starts a dangerous path that limits our rights as Americans - a right that goes back to the founding of our nation.

Tort Reform Betrays True Republican Values Posted on January 29, 2025January 30, 2025 by PennLaw By Darren Penn, Attorney, Penn Law At its core, the Republican Party has long stood for principles of personal responsibility, limited government, and strict adherence to the Constitution. These values c...

02/03/2025

A promise of tort reform is that it will attract more business to Georgia and reduce the cost of living and working in this state. The reality is tort reform will not lower insurance rates or the power of big business. If anything, it will give more power to big business and insurance companies by failing to hold them accountable. Tort reform steps on the constitutional rights of Georgians and the right to a trial by jury.

Tort Reform: A Misleading Promise Posted on January 29, 2025January 30, 2025 by PennLaw By Darren Penn, Penn Law Big Business and Insurance Companies’ advocacy for tort reform in Georgia is built on a foundation of misrepresentations, half-truths, and outright lies. Tort reform proponents claim th...

01/30/2025

Governor Kemp’s claims that Georgia needs tort reform is based on the false claim that litigation is driving insurance increases. The reality is the numbers do not show a litigation crisis but instead show rising insurance rates and an increase in the number of claims denied each year, even as insurers report record profits. Insurance reform would make Georgia a better state to do business.

Tort Reform? No, Insurance Reform! Posted on January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 by PennLaw By Darrren Penn, Penn Law In Georgia, debates around tort reform have drawn recent attention, yet the data reveals a misdiagnosis of the problem. Despite claims that tort reform is necessary to address rising in...

01/18/2024

Yesterday, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled in favor of our client, reversing the Court of Appeals and trial court and permitting her claims against the Clayton County Sheriff (arising out of an auto accident we alleged resulted from a deputy's negligence) to proceed.

[B]ringing claims against the appropriate government officials in their official capacities was a recognized way to proceed against a governmental entity—be it the State or one of its counties, read the high court opinion.

08/29/2023

Last Tuesday, John Hadden argued before the Georgia Supreme Court on behalf of a client injured in an auto collision caused by a sheriff’s deputy. The case is a significant one involving interpretation of the county presentment statute, which requires notice of claims to counties within one year of the injury. Specifically, the Court is expected to rule on whether notice is required in cases involving sheriff's departments, and if so, to whom the notice has to be provided. The Court of Appeals has issued several opinions on the subject over the past 13 years, but the Supreme Court has not yet addressed the issue.

John D. Hadden is a Georgia attorney focusing his practice on catastrophic personal injury cases at trial and on appeal.

05/27/2023

On Tuesday, John Hadden began his third year as a member of the Atlanta Bar Association Board of Directors.

04/01/2021

Important change for Georgia car wreck cases passed by the General Assembly last night

Georgia legislature overhauls requirements for personal injury demands in auto collision cases Posted by John Hadden | Apr 01, 2021 | 0 Comments The Georgia General Assembly has passed a bill that will modify a key section of the Georgia Civil Practice Act governing certain demands in automobile col...

03/10/2021

Attorney John Hadden has been named to the Georgia SuperLawyers list of Top 100 lawyers in Georgia since 2019 and named to the Georgia SuperLawyers list since 2014.

12/09/2020

Lawyers: great presentation this Friday at the Atlanta Bar Litigation Section's monthly breakfast. Register at https://www.atlantabar.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1410545