Ga. Panel Scraps Sanctions Over Special Master's Unpaid Bill

By Chart Riggall ( April 30, 2026, 8:11 PM EDT) -- A Georgia appellate panel threw out Thursday a contempt order entered against plaintiffs suing a host of chemical companies for toxic tort claims after they failed to pay a special master's legal fees, ruling that a trial court wrongly disregarded their protests that they couldn't afford his services....

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