• 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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  • June 7, 2010 |

    Professional Services Exclusion and Applicability to CGL Coverage

    Insured was alleged to have failed in its professional services. Insurer said professional services exclusion prevented coverage under CGL form. Insured disagreed.

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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

  • Smith v. Salon Baptiste

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    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

  • Bonner v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin A. Wilson Randolph Frails PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Vincent A. Toreno and Parker M. Green Rutherford & Christie LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A09A1644

    The second defendant, a resident physician, was entitled to immunity under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, because she was supervised by attending physicians, had no hospital privileges, could not make

  • OnBrand Media v. Codex Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Levi Breedlove Breedlove, Lassiter & York, LLP, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark L. Seigel and Mitchell G. Weatherly Weatherly, Kerven & Seigel, LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0867

    Middle-level scrutiny applicable to professional partnership agree applied to the parties' Non-Disclosure agree

  • October 22, 2009 |

    Product Withdrawal Coverage Form--Archived Article

    This article analyzes the product withdrawal coverage form that ISO published in December 2004. Product withdrawal expenses and product withdrawal liability are covered under this form.

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  • McGregor v. Columbia Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence E. Newlin and Jeffrey N. Schwartz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard C. Foster and Anrea Alexander Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0454

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the general liability policies at issue did not provide coverage for the plaintiffs' claims, since the parties' agreement specifically set forth that the

  • Connelly v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy J. Mullis, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and Michael T. Muldrew, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Craig S. Bonnell, Rincon.

    Case Number: A09A0994

    The defendant's actions in driving away after complying with an officer's request to stop did not rise to the lever of obstruction, under the circumst

  • All Star Inc. v. Fellows

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Oeland IV, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edmund A. Waller, Gainesville, for appellees. Other party representation: Scott R. King Slater & King, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A08A2014

    No evidence showed any business relationship between the plaintiff and the three Alabama customers, of whose amusement game business the defendant alleged that the defendants