The municipal insurance program that has been footing the bill to defend Sandy Springs from claims that its ordinances restricting nude dancing and sex shops are unconstitutional has convinced the Georgia Court of Appeals that it is not responsible for the city’s legal bills.
The May 24 opinion, written by Judge Nels Peterson with the concurrence of Judges Herbert Phipps and Stephen Dillard, said that a clause in the contract between the city and the Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency absolved the insurer from having to defend cases in which the plaintiff is not seeking money damages.
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