March 08, 2023
A Montana insurance company that sued a policyholding attorney and her firm in Georgia federal court in a bid to avoid coverage of a malpractice claim stemming from a workplace discrimination dispute backed out of the case Tuesday, following claims that the attorney did not properly disclose key information.
September 08, 2022
A Georgia federal judge issued a split ruling on an insurer's bid to avoid covering an attorney and her former law firm in malpractice litigation, finding that the insurer must defend the policyholders from some malpractice claims but not others, since they carried different notice requirements.
December 20, 2021
A law firm told a Georgia federal judge Monday that ALPS Insurance Co. is obligated to defend it in the state court legal malpractice action brought against a former employee, saying there was no way it could have learned about the claim until June 2020.
November 16, 2021
An attorney and two associated law firms cannot be covered under their professional liability insurance policies because they failed to disclose potential malpractice claims in their respective policy applications and renewals, ALPS Insurance told a Georgia federal court Monday.