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.
