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  • Barnes v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Cameron, (Dozier Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Smith, Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman), Valdosta, for appellee; William Anderson, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0852

    Court reverses summary judgment for a Lyft rideshare liability insurer and allows an injured party to maintain a direct action against the insurer under the Georgia Motor Carrier Act

  • Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool v. Carpet Cycle, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, Amy Burns, Whitney Arp, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Koura, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, George Waters, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Marion Waters, Alexis West, (Eraclides Gelman Hall Indek Goodman & Waters LLC), Lawrenceville, Barton Solomon, (McMahan Law Firm), Dalton, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0103

    Court affirms and partially reverses decisions involving insurance insolvency pool reimbursement claims and remands for review of constitutional due process issues

  • General Security Indemnity Company of Arizona v. Gerald Jones Ford, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Fields, Stephen Kahn, Taylor Lear, (Fields Howell, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Kershaw, (Kershaw White LLC), Atlanta, David Albaugh, (Christensen Hsu Sipes, LLP), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bowen Klosinski, (Klosinkis Overstreet LLP), Augusta, for appellee; Jerquavious Berry, Thomson, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0477

    Court reverses summary judgment for a car dealership in an insurance dispute, clarifies "invalid" policy interpretation, and rules in favor of dealership's insurer

  • Ferguson et al. v. Spraggins

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Caroline Herrington, Ashley Pitts, (Adams & Jordan PC), Macon, Alex Kaplan, (Brimberry Kaplan & Brimberry, PC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Gill, (Gower Wooten Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Franklin Coleman, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Albany, Barbara Marschalk, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Atlanta, William Larsen, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Matthew Lawrence, Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for other Party.
    Case Number: A24A0853

    Court affirms summary judgment for defendant in wrongful death- automobile accident case following execution of imited liability release by plaintiffs

  • Reeves et al. v. Allstate Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David King, Paul Grote, (Burkhalter Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa McMullen, Marvin Dikeman, (Webb Zschunke Neary & Dikeman, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0286

    Court affirms directed verdict in favor of insurance company in a dispute over a lawsuit limitation period, finding that insured party filed the lawsuit past a one-year limit in the insurance contract

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  • Harco National Insurance Company v. Eric Knowles, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenan Loomis, (Cozen O’Connor), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hillary Shawkat, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter), Alpharetta, for appellee; Richard Staggard, (Farah and Farah, P.A.), Jacksonville, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1263

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment as to an insurer's claim that a worker's injuries were not covered by a commercial liability policy due to policy exclusions for workplace injuries

  • Mason v. Permanent General Assurance Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-30
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Irby, (Irby Law, LLC), Vestavia, William Dobson, (Morriss, Lober & Dobson, LLC), Macon, Michael Lober, (Lober & Dobson), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Norman, (Jones, Cork & Miller), Macon, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1529

    Court reverses dismissal of an insured party's claim for a refund or premiums in a dispute over a cancelled auto insurance policy, citing ambiguity in policy terms as a rationale for its decision

  • Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company v. The Onionman Company, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Savrin, Lee Whatling, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Jones, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, J. Persons, (Lindsey & Lacy PC), Peachtree City, for appellee; Jason Pedigo, (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1161

    Business Auto Insurance Policy Did Not Provide Underinsured Motorist Coverage For Agricultural Tractor Operated on Public Road

  • Emile Blau v. Stacia Horn Blau

    Publication Date: 2023-07-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Family Law | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Golden, (Kupferman & Golden), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Cook, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Wellon, (Robert G. Wellon, Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0489

    Divorced Spouse's Obligation to Maintain Life Insurance Policy Naming Other Spouse as Beneficiary Constituted Alimony

  • Kindley v. First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia , Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Travis Hargrove, (The Finley Firm), Columbus, James Finley, (The Finley Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; Beverly O’Hearn, Kelly Crutchfield, (Lueder Larkin and Hunter LLC), Savannah, Myra Nunan, Hinesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0143

    Insurer's exclusion of coverage for drivers not listed in an insurance policy was not void as against public policy