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Injured Farmhand Deemed Responsible for Work Vehicle Accident

April 21, 2017 | Benjamin S. Persons, IV

In a personal injury case, you cannot recover damages against a defendant based on negligence if you voluntarily assumed the underlying risk. To put it another way, if your own negligence caused the accident, you cannot blame someone else. In some cases, the plaintiff’s responsibility is considered so obvious, a judge will not even let a negligence claim proceed to trial.

Fuller v. McCormick

Here is one such case. The plaintiff worked as a farmhand. During the 13 years of his employment, the plaintiff regularly operated a Bobcat utility vehicle to perform various tasks around the farm.

Georgia Court Defines “Occasional Rental” Exclusion in Homeowner’s Insurance Policy

September 17, 2016 | Benjamin S. Persons, IV

A homeowner’s insurance policy offers important protections for both property owners and individuals who may suffer a personal injury on the subject property. But the precise scope of coverage depends on the language of the policy. For example, many homeowner’s policies exclude coverage for injuries suffered by tenants who rent the home from its owner.

State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Moss

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently considered the nature of a tenant exclusion in a homeowner’s policy that is the subject of a personal injury lawsuit. The homeowner in this case owned two properties, her primary residence and a lake home. She purchased a homeowner’s policy to cover both properties, listing the lake home as her “secondary residence.”