http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/ Published By Levy & Pruett en-us 2012-01-24T11:27:13-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2012/01/georgia_court_of_appeals_affir.html Posted by H. Lee Pruett On June 23, 2006, a truck driver insured by Great West Casualty Company clipped a car while changing lanes, causing an accident. Minutes later, another truck rear-ended a car which had slowed because of the... ATTORNEY'S FEES Levy & Pruett 2012-01-24T11:27:13-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2012/01/roofer_loses_premises_liabilit.html Posted by Susan J. Levy In Sipple v. Newman, 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 12 (January 12, 2012), Plaintiff, employed as a roofer, was hired by a 93-year-old woman to clean thick wet layers of pine straw off of her roof.... PREMISES LIABILITY Levy & Pruett 2012-01-23T10:26:09-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2012/01/court_of_appeals_rules_dog_own.html Posted by Susan J. Levy Under current Georgia law, in order for an injured person to recover in a dog bite case, they must show not only that the dog had vicious propensities, but that the owner knew or should... DOG BITES Levy & Pruett 2012-01-02T12:29:10-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/11/the_suggested_pattern_jury_ins.html Posted by H. Lee Pruett Leaving aside, for the moment, the issue of whether the Georgia apportionment statute allows the jury to assign fault to a criminal assailant in premises liability cases alleging negligent security (see “Appellate courts to consider... APPORTIONMENT OF DAMAGES Levy & Pruett 2011-11-16T11:17:19-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/10/cell_phone_use_alone_wont_supp.html Posted by Susan J. Levy The facts underlying the case of Lindsey v. Clinch County Glass, Inc. are undisputed: Defendant truck driver was looking at his cell phone attempting to locate a number when he rear-ended the Plaintiff, who had... PUNITIVE DAMAGES Levy & Pruett 2011-10-25T12:22:45-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/10/georgia_court_of_appeals_enfor.html Posted by H. Lee Pruett The Georgia Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion which should assist defendants seeking to enforce settlement agreements. In Smith v. Hall, Case No. A11A1042 (Ga. Ct. App., July 21, 2011), the plaintiff’s attorney sent... SETTLEMENT Levy & Pruett 2011-10-06T12:31:32-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/08/richard_jewell_libel_case_deal.html Posted by Susan J. Levy Case Caption: Bryant, in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of Richard Jewell v. Cox Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal Constitution, et al., 2011 Ga. App. Lexis 662 Court: Georgia Court of Appeals... LIBEL Levy & Pruett 2011-08-08T17:48:24-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/07/georgia_supreme_court_rules_ho.html Posted by H. Lee Pruett Refusing to bow to the adage that “bad facts make bad law,” a bare majority of Georgia Supreme Court justices held that a hotel has no duty to check on a guest or render aid... PREMISES LIABILITY Levy & Pruett 2011-07-20T15:37:51-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/06/local_government_employees_pro.html Posted by Susan J. Levy In DeLoach v. Elliott et al., 2011 Ga. LEXIS 381 (2011), a City of Waynesboro, Georgia, police officer, while on routine patrol in his city-owned vehicle, rear-ended Plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff sued the officer both in... GOVERNMENT LIABILITY Levy & Pruett 2011-06-27T14:04:23-05:00 http://www.georgiainsurancedefenselawyer.com/2011/05/georgia_court_of_appeals_remin.html Sometimes, what you don’t know can’t hurt you. That was the insured’s argument on appeal in a recent declaratory judgment action in which the liability insurer sought to be excused from defending an underlying lawsuit because the insured failed to... INSURANCE COVERAGE Levy & Pruett 2011-05-29T14:35:09-05:00