Ga. Court Reinstates Verdict Faulting County 51 Percent

ATLANTA - A Georgia appellate court has vacated a judgment that left a plaintiff landowner unable to recover from her county government for water and mold damage, saying the trial court should have issued its judgment on a second verdict that came after jurors were properly instructed on apportionment. Bailey v. Annistown Road Baptist Church Inc., et al., Nos. A09A1186, A09A1231 and A09A1717 (Ga. Ct. App.).

In its Dec. 1 opinion, the Court of Appeals of Georgia ordered the trial court to ignore the first verdict and issue a new judgment based on the jury's second verdict, which the trial …