King v. King, Jr

Summary

The Georgia Supreme Court answered the Eleventh Circuit’s first certified question, holding that a fraudulent breach of a fiduciary’s duty to disclose in a confidential relationship can support a breach‑of‑fiduciary‑duty tort claim under Georgia law. The Court declined to answer the second and third questions, finding they could be resolved by existing Georgia law. A partial dissent argued the Court should have declined to answer all certified questions.