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  • Hernandez v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Lacy, (Lindsey & Lacy, P.C.), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Athans, Rachael Slimmon, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, for appellee; John Hipes, (Hipes & Belle Isle, LLC), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1147

    In an insurance coverage dispute, court affirms summary judgment in favor of umbrella insurer's denial of coverage for injuries sustained in a shooting incident

  • Owens v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Herman, (The Hostilo Law Firm), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Bass, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger), Savannah, for appellee; Travis Meyer, Morgan Allyn, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0694

    Court affirms summary judgment for an insurer that denied coverage in an auto accident case because insured party's late notice was unjustified and unreasonable

  • Kelley et al. v. The Cincinnati Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Davis, Sarah Martin, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Brieske, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, David Lift, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Jason Sanker, (McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning), Rome for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0534

    Court affirms denial of uninsured motorist coverage under OCGA §33-7-11 for injuries caused by accidents between two watercraft on a public waterway.

  • Darden v. Progressive Mountain Insurance Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Calabro, (Attorney at Law), Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elliot Durham, (Blake Durham Law, LLC), Evans, William Turnipseed, (Savell & Williams), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0369

    Court affirms summary judgment to one insurer but reverses as to another in a contractual insurance coverage dispute over whether certain policy exclusions applied

  • Donegal Mutual Insurance Group v. Jarrett

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Woodhouse, (The Woodhouse Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles McAleer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0390

    Court affirms summary judgment for injured worker in an action by workers' compensation insurer to enforce a subrogation lien against a lump sum settlement

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  • Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company v. City of College Park et al.

    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

  • Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company v. Richardson

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Luskin, Samantha Mullis, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Miguel Dominguez, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta Pllc), Atlanta, Anna Cross, (The Cross Firm LLC), Decatur, Meredith Kincaid, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; Karolynn Harris, Karolynn Harris, (Worsham, Corsi, Scott & Knighten), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1218

    Court interprets endorsement language in an auto policy against an insurer and rules that it does not limit underinsured motorist benefits available to an insured party

  • Knight v. Safety National Casualty Corp

    Publication Date: 2022-04-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Ingram, Ryan Ingram, Lindsay Fleming, Max Perwich, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1434

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury complaint against employer's insurer because plaintiff failed to satisfy a condition to collect uninsured motorist benefits

  • Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company v. City of College Park et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Michael Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Eleice Woodward, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, Alwyn Robert Fredericks, (Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC), Atlanta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, Alisha I. Wyatt-Bullman, Reginald Bernard McClendon, Joshua Stanley Foster, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Joseph M. Colwell, (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Columbus, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0482

    City did not waive sovereign immunity claims for amounts above liability insurance limits even though it purchased insurance for higher amounts

  • Montgomery v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2021-07-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Messer, (Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Becker, Karen Karabinos, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0104

    Court affirms partial summary judgment ruling that rejected an insured party's claim for bad faith denial of payment where insurer had a reasonable basis to deny the claim