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		<title>Fulton County Judge: Uninsured Motorist Carrier Liable for Umbrella Policy Limit As Well As Uninsured Motorist Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, Georgia’s uninsured motorist (UM) law was changed to make the limit of automobile coverage the default amount of UM coverage. A Georgia Court of Appeals decision, Abrohams v. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Agency, 282 Ga.App. 176 (2006), held that provision applied to umbrella policies as well. In August 2007, Carol Thurman was injured in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=358&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workers’ Compensation Claimant Not Required to Authorize Ex Parte Communications with Treating Physician</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling which appears inconsistent with common practices in the workers’ compensation setting and held that a claimant is not required, as a condition of receiving benefits, to execute a release authorizing a treating physician to engage in ex parte (i.e. outside of the claimant’s or the claimant’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=354&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At-Fault Driver Distracted by Cell Phone Not Liable for Punitive Damages Absent Evidence of Aggravating Circumstances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently held that punitive damages are not necessarily warranted where a driver causes a motor vehicle accident while distracted by his or her cell phone. In Lindsey v. Clinch County Glass, Inc., 2011 WL 4057533 (Ga.App. Sep. 14, 2011), the plaintiff sued the defendant for injuries sustained in a collision [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=351&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Decisions Involving Waiver of Sovereign Immunity for Use of Motor Vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently addressed a county’s waiver of sovereign immunity for claims arising out of the use of a government vehicle. In Strength v. Lovett, 2011 WL 2716018 (Ga.App. Jul. 14, 2011), the plaintiffs sued a county sheriff for wrongful death arising out of a fatal collision during a high speed chase [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=349&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Compensation: After Termination for Cause, Claimant Has Burden to Prove Causal Relation Between Injury and Inability to Find Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Veolia Environmental Services v. Vick, 309 Ga.App. 658 (2011), the claimant was injured when he fell off a piece of equipment at work and began receiving TTD benefits until he returned to light duty work. After he was terminated for failing to follow the employer’s drug policy, the claimant sought an award of TPD [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=345&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Court of Appeals Revisits Standard of Review in Workers’ Compensation Appeals</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/georgia-court-of-appeals-revisits-standard-of-review-in-workers%e2%80%99-compensation-appeals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Bonus Stores, Inc. v. Hensley, 2011 WL 1238420 (Ga.App., 2011), an ALJ granted TTD benefits after finding that the claimant had sustained a catastrophic injury. In its award, the ALJ relied on the conclusions of the claimant’s family physician and vocational specialist that the claimant could not perform any jobs in the national economy. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=339&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Entry of Default Judgment Does Not Bar Assertion of Official Immunity</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/entry-of-default-judgment-does-not-bar-assertion-of-official-immunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Cosby v. Lewis, 2011 WL 1018996 (Ga.App., 2011), the parents of a high school student who drowned in a hotel pool during a class trip brought a wrongful death action against the school district and several of its employees. The defendants, who were employees of the high school, served as chaperones for the trip [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=335&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fraud Exception to Statute of Repose for Construction Defects Does Not Apply Where Injury Occurred Outside the Statutory Period</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/fraud-exception-to-statute-of-repose-for-construction-defects-does-not-apply-where-injury-occurred-outside-the-statutory-period/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Georgia recently held that a homebuilder, who allegedly concealed a construction defect, was shielded by the statute of repose where the plaintiff’s injuries occurred more than eight years after the construction of a faulty deck. Rosenberg v. Falling Water, Inc., 2011 WL 977816 (Ga., 2011). On March 28, 2002, Rosenberg purchased [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=332&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faulty Workmanship Constitutes “Occurrence” Under Commercial General Liability Policy</title>
		<link>http://buckleybrown.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/faulty-workmanship-constitutes-%e2%80%9coccurrence%e2%80%9d-under-commercial-general-liability-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Georgia recently held that an insured’s faulty workmanship constitutes an “occurrence” within the meaning of the insured’s commercial general liability policy. American Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co. v. Hathaway Development Comp., Inc., 2011 WL 768117 (Ga., 2011). In American Empire, Hathaway, a general contractor, sued Whisnant, its plumbing subcontractor, for costs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=328&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Regular Use” Provision Bars Coverage for Non-Incidental Use of Borrowed Vehicle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Court of Appeals recently held that the “regular use” exclusion in an insured’s automobile insurance policy barred coverage for an accident that occurred while the insured was using a friend’s car. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. v. Todd, 2011 WL 753282 (Ga.App., 2011). In Todd, the insured had an automobile insurance policy that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buckleybrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2194618&amp;post=325&amp;subd=buckleybrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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