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  • Royal v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Neville, (Callaway, Neville & Brinson), Claxton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Forsyth, Mark Maholick, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Columbus, Timothy Bishop, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Brunswick, for appellee; Michael Memberg, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, John Stunda, (Hiccox Robertson & Stunda LLC), Alpharetta, Julayaun Waters, (Attorney at Law), Pooler, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1186

    Court affirms summary judgment for an insurer, concluding that no uninsured motorist benefits were due to a driver that was not listed as an insured party in the policies

  • Mag Mutual Insurance Company v. Miles et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dow, (The Dow Firm, P. C.), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1668

    Medical Care Provider Cancelled Insurance Coverage Prior to Filing of Malpractice Claim

  • Farid et al. v. Gaskell et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacque Hawk, (The Hawk Firm), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Zachary Matthews, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, Daniel Kingsley, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Alexander McDonald, (Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0899

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an uninsured motorist insurance carrier because injured party failed to exhaust remedies against other insurers

  • Stankovich v. Axis Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-11-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherman Moody, (Attorney at Law), Perry, Jonathan Sexton, (Sexton Law Firm, LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Duane Cochenour, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Nneka Egwuatu, (Clyde & Co US, LLP), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee; Travis Meyer, Morgan Allyn, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0840

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an underinsured motorist insurance carrier where injured party was not using an insured vehicle when she was injured

  • Crum v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-11-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Eric Zweigel, John Hartshorn Elliott, (Parker Hudson Ranier & Dobbs), Atlanta, Brady Cobb, (Cobb Eddy), Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Foust Parsley, Eileen Elizabeth H. Rumfelt, (Miller & Martin, PLLC), Atlanta, Michael J. Miller, Michael Broadbent, (Cozen O’Conner), Philidelphia, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Q0649

    Court rules that a life insurance policy taken out by an insured on his own life and sold to a third party with no insurable interest is not void as an illegal wagering contract.

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  • Hodge v. Parlor

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Richard Jenkins, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan Mermelstein, (Law Offices of Evan R. Mermelstein, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0764

    Terms of Settlement Offer Did Not Require That Payment Be Made Within Deadline For Acceptance

  • Langley v. Travelers Insurance Thru Geico

    Publication Date: 2022-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Karabinos, (Chartwell Law, LLP), Norcross, Katelyn Fischer, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0220

    Plaintiff Seeking Leave to Substitute New Defendant Failed to Show Amendment Related Back to Date of Original Complaint

  • Massey v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

    Publication Date: 2022-04-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry Daniels, (Daniels and Cauble, P.C.), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Dietrichs, Rebecca Strickland, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0114

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an insurer on a property damage claim because insured cause of action in her renewal complaint was time-barred

  • Curry v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal Graham, (Graham Law LLC), Macon, Joel Grist, (Grist Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Gill, (Gower Wooten Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, Neal Graham, (Graham Law LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1446

    Court affirms summary judgment order in favor of an insurer on an underinsured motorist claim but reverses and remands as to claimant's petition for attorney fees

  • Stillwell v. Topa Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Burkey, (The Burkey Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth Friedman, Ronald Masterson, Victoria Munian, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith), Atlanta, for appellee; Kevin Branch, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch LLP), Alpharetta, Kenneth Barre, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1752

    Plaintiff Had Standing to Sue Insurer Where Trial Court Had Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Issues Presented in Complaint.