The Georgia Supreme Court this week heard several cases, including two that could affect how cities design roadways and who gets to sell cars and another involving child custody with an unmarried couple.

The roadway safety case stems from the death of a 21-year-old who crashed a car into a concrete planter while home from college in 2016. The planter had been placed a half dozen feet off the side of a road in Milton before 2006 when the city was established.

A jury awarded the parents of Joshua Chang more than $30 million. The city lost on appeal and then petitioned the Supreme Court to consider the case.

Milton is arguing that it was not responsible for keeping the shoulder of the road unobstructed. Shoulders commonly accommodate fire hydrants, telephone poles, utility boxes and decora

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