Publication Date: 2020-12-14
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Wrongful Death
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Coomer
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, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Alisha Wyatt-Bullman, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for Other party.
Case Number: A20A1104
Court affirms higher $5 million liability insurance limit in wrongful death action against a city and rejects insurer's argument for a lower limit per contractual exclusion