Publication Date: 2022-05-27
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Phipps
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Friedman, Christopher Meeks, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Karen Woodward, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, Alwyn Fredericks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Anna Cross, (The Cross Firm LLC), Decatur, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee; Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Alisha Wyatt-Bullman, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: A20A1104
City did not waive sovereign immunity claims for amounts above liability insurance limits even though it purchased insurance for higher amounts