Holland et al v. Cypress Insurance Company et al

  1. September 12, 2022

    Insurer Can't Get Redo Of $6M Attorney Fees In Death Suit

    A Georgia federal judge on Monday denied a bid by Cypress Insurance Co. to undo $6 million in attorney fees and costs in a suit over a tractor-trailer accident in which one of its policyholders and a pedestrian were killed.

  2. September 21, 2020

    Calif. Insurer Appeals $21M Judgment In Wrongful Death Suit

    Cypress Insurance Co. is asking the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a $21 million judgment against it in a Georgia wrongful death suit, saying its liability for coverage in the automobile accident case is capped at $1 million.

  3. August 21, 2020

    Insurer Must Pay $21M Jury Verdict, $6M Attorney Fee Award

    A Georgia federal judge denied Cypress Insurance Co.'s bid to disregard a $21 million jury verdict and a $6 million attorney fee award to the family of a man killed in a trucker accident, ruling Friday that the insurer gave no evidence that the jury's decision was wrong.

  4. April 09, 2020

    Calif. Insurer Fights $21M Jury Verdict, $6M Fee Award

    Cypress Insurance Co. asked a Georgia federal court Wednesday to hold rare oral arguments on post-trial motions regarding a $21 million award for the family of a pedestrian run over by a trucker, saying a $6 million special verdict for legal fees should be argued orally because it "equates to paying counsel at a rate of $5,500 an hour."

  5. February 07, 2020

    Calif. Insurer Hit With $21M Jury Verdict In Pedestrian's Death

    A Georgia federal jury on Thursday hit California-based Cypress Insurance Co. with a $21 million judgment in a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a man who was killed after he was hit by a tractor-trailer in 2016, finding that the driver who hit him had "acted in bad faith."