PENN-AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY v. VE SHADOWOOD GP LLC et al
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January 05, 2024
Sanctioned Co. Can't Get Coverage For Ga. Murder, Court Told
An insurer tried again in Georgia federal court Friday to escape defending a property management company that was sanctioned for spoiling evidence in underlying litigation accusing it of failing to maintain safety at an apartment complex where a man was shot to death in 2021.
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August 18, 2023
Insurer Ordered To Continue Ga. Murder Coverage Case
An insurer will have to continue its case against a property, its management company and the family of a murder victim to determine whether there is coverage under its $1 million per-occurrence policy for the family's wrongful death lawsuit, a Georgia federal judge decided.
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July 21, 2023
Insurer Asks Court To Revise Ga. Murder Coverage Order
An insurer urged a Georgia federal court to decide a property management company was not insured under its policy in a dispute over coverage of a wrongful death suit for a murder at an apartment complex.
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January 10, 2023
Insurer Can't Fast-Track Path To Appeal In Shooting Case
In a short but scathing order, a Georgia federal judge denied an insurance company's bid for a final judgment on its duty to defend in an apartment shooting coverage suit, saying the case is far from ready for an appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.
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November 02, 2022
Insurer Can't Change Judge's Mind In Shooting Coverage Suit
A Georgia federal judge refused to reconsider a recent decision holding that an insurer cannot rely on a firearms exclusion to bar coverage of a suit brought against the owner of a Peach State apartment complex where a man was shot and killed last year.
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October 11, 2022
Insurer Can't Escape Coverage Of Fatal Shooting Suit
An insurer cannot rely on a firearms exclusion to bar coverage of a suit brought against the owner of an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot in 2021, a Georgia federal court ruled Tuesday, also finding that the owner's partner company is not an additional insured under the policy.
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June 28, 2022
Apt. Insurer Says It Has No Duty To Defend In Fatal Shooting
An insurer asked a Georgia federal court to find that it has no duty to defend or indemnify the owner of an apartment complex over a wrongful death suit after a man was shot and killed on the property last year, saying the policy's firearms exclusion bars coverage.
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May 18, 2022
Ga. Apartment Co. Countersues Insurer Over Fatal Shooting
The owner of a Georgia apartment complex where a man was fatally shot has brought a counterclaim against an insurance company that has refused to defend it in an underlying wrongful death lawsuit, arguing a firearms exception in the policy is unenforceable.
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April 21, 2022
Insurer Says Coverage Is Barred For Fatal Apartment Shooting
The owner and operator of a Georgia apartment complex accused of negligently allowing crime to flourish at the property should have no coverage of a lawsuit seeking damages after a man was shot and killed there, its insurer told a Georgia federal court.