Christy Maple

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently declined to hear an insurer’s appeal of a Georgia federal court’s decision on the insurer’s duty to defend its insured against a sex-trafficking suit in...more The Georgia Court of Appeals issued an important ruling for insurers and claims professionals, addressing the practice of using time-limited settlement demands under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1. In Gomez et al. v. USAA Casualty...more The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia recently confirmed that stormwater is considered a pollutant for purposes of the standard pollution exclusion contained in a Commercial General Liability (CGL)...more The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia recently ruled that an insurer must provide coverage to its insured with respect to a civil lawsuit involving allegations of sexual assault. The case, BOJ OF WNC,...more