• July 6, 2010 |

    Garage Form Physical Damage Coverage

    Discusses automobile physical damage insurance as presently written is detailed within section IV of the garage coverage form.

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  • July 6, 2010 |

    Garage Liability Section III

    This article discusses and analyzes the garagekeepers coverage in the ISO garage coverage form.

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  • June 11, 2010 |

    When Bugs Bite

    In a column that ran in the June 2010 edition of Claims magazine, FC&S assistant editor Christine Barlow pondered who pays when pests hitch a ride home.

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  • June 7, 2010 |

    Bailees Customers Coverage Form

    Describes and discusses coverage in form IH 00 85, ISO's form to cover property belonging to customers.

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  • Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. David McDavid

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Lamberth Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Rosenwasser, Joshua F. Thorpe and Jill Pryor Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh B. McNatt Balch & Bingham and Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A09A2314

    There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find an enforceable oral contract, since the defendant made many objective manifestations of intent to be bound, including statements such as we have a

  • Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery PC v. Nestlehutt

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan C. Peters, Melissa B. Johnson Peters & Monyak LLP, Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael B. Terry, Sarah M. Shalf Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Frank A. Ilardi Houck, Ilardi & Regas LLC and Rosser A. Malone, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09A1432

    The damage cap in O.C.G.A. § 51-13-1 unconstitutionally infringed upon the right to a jury trial, because it undermined the jury's basic function as factfinder by nullifying any portion of a jury's

  • March 22, 2010 |

    Homeowners Pollution Exclusion

    Discusses and reviews changes in both the ISO and AAIS coverage forms.

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  • March 22, 2010 |

    Property Coverages - AAIS Homeowners

    This article discusses the current revisions and changes to the homeowner's forms that have been made.

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  • March 18, 2010 |

    Business Auto Form - Physical Damage Coverage - Archive

    This article lists and analyzes the BAP provisions relating to physical damage coverage for a covered auto and its equipment.

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  • Smith v. Hallum

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt and Luther H. Beck Jr. Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell D. Berreth, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Ethel D. Anderson Anderson, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1790

    No clear and convincing evidence showed that modification of an irrevocable trust was warranted by a beneficiary's alleged attempt to kill the settlor's