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hi I'm Greg Stokes I'm a practicing attorney in Atlanta Georgia we work on Serious injury and death cases today we're talking about what is a motion for summary judgment picture this a lawsuit starts with a complaint the other side answers within 30 days there's a discovery process information is exchanged back and forth and then you expect if the case doesn't get settled it's going to trial and 12 people are going to decide the case but many times the case is submitted to a judge on a motion for summary judgment and the other side what they're trying to do is have the case dismissed because it's missing some legal technical point it doesn't have enough evidence to make it go forward so when you hear the word motion for summary judgment that's a bad day because that means this case is being looked upon by the insurance company as a case that will be decided by a judge that will never get to a jury and if it doesn't get to a jury you won't get a verdict and you won't get a settlement le