Summary Judgment for Claims Adjusting Agency on a Failure to Settle Claim in Georgia
12/30/22
Phil Savrin and Shawn Bingham prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia before Judge Steve C. Jones on a claim of negligent failure to settle a bodily injury …
NLRB Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Bargain Complaint
8/30/22
Robert Chadwick obtained a favorable appellate ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on behalf of a transportation company. After an evidentiary hearing, an administrative law judge below dismissed a failure to bargain complaint by the NLRB’s General Counsel. …
OSHA Citation Vacated Following Double Fatality in Texas
8/30/22
Robert Chadwick recently prevailed on a contested OSHA citation after a three-day trial before the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (“OSHRC”). The OSHA citation resulted from a double fatality at a Texas construction site. The OSHRC vacated the citation …
Eleventh Circuit Win in Landmark COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Case
8/29/22
In a case of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an insured’s claim for lost business income after it suspended operations at its restaurant due to COVID-19 in a matter handled by Philip Savrin and …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Obtained for Insurance Company
8/29/22
Philip Savrin obtained an appellate victory in an insurance coverage case that arose from property damage to a commercial building caused by a storm. The property owner waited six months to submit a claim to its insurer despite the policy …
Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Public Employee First Amendment Case
8/29/22
Michael Hill obtained affirmance of a summary judgment award on behalf of the City of Roswell and its police officers in the Eleventh Court of Appeals after a former city police officer was terminated for flying a Confederate flag at …
Appellate Win Affirming Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Wrongful Foreclosure Claim
8/29/22
In appeal handled by Michael Freed and Brian Goldberg, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s wrongful foreclosure claim. The court agreed with the district court that plaintiff lacked standing to challenge the validity of the assignment of …
Appellate Team Obtains Victory for Nonprofit Corporation in California Court of Appeals
8/29/22
San Francisco appellate team obtained an affirmance from the California Court of Appeals of a trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s petition for writ of mandate seeking reinstatement of his membership in a nonprofit corporation and other related relief. In a …
Georgia Court of Appeals Grants Petitions for Interlocutory Appeal to Two Cases
8/29/22
Friendship Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Elevation Chophouse v. Hasty, (Ga. Ct. App.). The Georgia Court of Appeals recently granted a petition for interlocutory review filed by Atlanta Partners Wayne Melnick, Michael Freed, and Wes Jackson, of the trial court’s denial …
7/20/22
Albert Alikin and Nicholas Directo obtained the dismissal of their client, an insurance carrier, in Nevada federal court in a lawsuit brought by the client’s insured seeking benefits under an occupational accident medical expense policy. The insured filed suit against …
Dismissal in Bad Faith Claim Arising From Multi-Million Dollar Default in Kentucky
7/20/22
Barry Miller obtained a judgment on the pleadings dismissing FMG client from a bad faith case that resulted from a $4.25 million default judgment in the underlying auto accident. A federal court ruled that FMG’s client, a third-party administrator, could …
Summary Judgment in Insurance Coverage Dispute in Georgia
7/20/22
Shawn Bingham and Eric Retter prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in the United State District Court for the Northern District of Georgia before Judge Totenberg. The matter involved a first-party property insurance case in which the plaintiff claimed …