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  • June 13, 2011 |

    Commercial General Liability Definitions - Archive

    This article discusses the words and terms that are defined on the CGL form.

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  • March 14, 2011 |

    April 2011 Dec Page

    The Dec Page offers a question of the month based on articles found in the FC&S Bulletins. Also presented are court decisions from around the country dealing with insurance coverage issues. Other insurance related news can also be noted here.

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  • October 11, 2010 |

    Professional Liability and General Liability Insurance

    Explains when professional liability coverage is appropriate.

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  • July 31, 2010 |

    Problems arise when donors want their money back

    How legal scuffles can halt progress on important projects.

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  • July 31, 2010 |

    What Happens When Donors Take Back?

    When donors want their money back, the ensuing battle may be long and arduous.

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  • June 10, 2010 |

    CGL Endorsements- Listing and Brief Description

    Lists a sampling of the most frequently used CGL endorsements, as well as those that raise the most questions because of their use.

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  • Barrett v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bonnie, Stephen J. Rapp Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Charles J. Cole and Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Norman L. Underwood Troutman Sanders, Robin F. Cook, Atlanta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A10A1125

    Natural gas was not a tant under the excess liability policy in question, because nothing in the record showed that natural gas is considered an irritant or contaminant within the meaning of th

  • Pounds v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pitts Carr Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman LLP, Atlanta, and Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree & Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Michael Weinstock, Richard V. Merritt Weinstock & Scavo PC, Dwight J. Davis King & Spalding, Leo E. Reichert, F. Berry McCabe, Atlanta, Harbert S. Gregory Jr. Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers PC, Robert B. Silliman Awtrey & Parker, Marietta, and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0497

    The trial court erred in allowing an EMC to adopt a bylaw amendment providing for proxy voting at future meetings, because the amendment was contrary to the terms of a settlement agreement between

  • Smith v. Salon Baptiste

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark G. Trigg and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, CityplaceAtlantafor appellants. Regina S. Molden and Oni A. Holley Molden, Holley & Thompson LLC, CityplaceAtlantafor appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S09A1543

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68-providing, inter alia, that defendant shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation from date of rejection of settlement offer through entry o

  • East Ga. Land and Dev. Co. LLC v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Paul and Thomas C. Grant Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Craig, James B. Griffin, Covington, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, and Peter R. Olson Jenkins & Olson PC, Cartersville, appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1935

    A copy of the lost 1985 Newton county zoning ordinance could be proved by parol evidence, since the proceeding to es h the copy as the original was not one to enforce zoning ordinance, but to e