• Hughes v. Ace American Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Nola Jackson, Michael Werner, Trevor Brice, (Werner Law LLC), Atlanta, Jenna Hough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Boyd, Tiffany Harlow, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeremiah Belk, Roswell, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0609

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a car accident case, finding that there was no direct cause of action against the insurer under the Motor Carrier Act

  • Lilienthal v. JLK, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-14
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Law
    Industry: Education | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sergio Ardila-Ibarra, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. McElroy, Robert Peery, (Swift Currie McGheee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0290

    Unresolved Issue as to Whether Employer Posted List of Insurer-Approved Workplace-Injury Physicians in Prominent Place

  • Ball-Rodriquez et al. v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2023-05-10
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Beauchamp, Del Percilla, Jessica Idlett, (Robert M. Beauchamp, Attorney at Law, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille, John Wooten, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0491

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of insurer where auto insurance policy was void from its inception due to failure of consideration

  • NGM Insurance Company v. Abate

    Publication Date: 2023-04-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Davis Dunaway, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Teresa Lazzaroni, William Major, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Bell, (The Bell Firm), Augusta, Pamela James, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1587

    Insurer's Assignment of Liability to Make Annuity Payments Was Not Void Based on Illusory Promise

  • 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

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  • 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.

  • 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