06/16/2026
Georgia’s highest court said no cap on the value of life.
Today, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the effort to use an old $350,000 cap to cut jury verdicts for families harmed by medical negligence.
For months, families waited to learn whether the verdicts reached by Georgia juries would be honored or erased.
At our press conference after oral arguments, they told Georgia what that cap would mean.
Glenda Yarbrough, whose husband Ron died because of medical malpractice, asked, “Why even have a jury trial if… it doesn’t matter what they say. We don’t think $350,000 is enough.”
Shannon McGuffie, whose daughter Halo died at 20 weeks after preventable failures in maternal care, said:
“You cannot put a cap on human life or human potential. Halo matters. Her life matters.”
J, a survivor standing with families fighting for justice, said, “For people like us, access to justice is not political. It’s personal.”
Howard Eubanks, whose wife Susan is suffering from the consequences of medical negligence, warned, “If the cap is $350,000, how are you going to get substantial legal backing to go to court and fight these guys? Forget about it. You’re left defenseless.”
Today, the Court honored the role of Georgia juries.
Caps do not make patients safer. They do not prevent medical negligence. They do not heal families.
They protect insurance companies, healthcare corporations, and powerful institutions from full accountability.
Civil justice is public safety.
