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By Mark L. Pickett October 31, 2023 News/Events/Seminars
The 34th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, held September 20-23, 2023 at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, proved to be a great success, bringing together a wide range of professionals across the surety industry. This year’s conference continued the three-decade-plus tradition of featuring presentations from both outside counsel and in-house surety claims professionals who provided both legal insights and practical tips for handling surety and fidelity claims. In addition to the educational opportunities, the conference also fostered networking opportunities new and old.
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By Wayne Tartline October 26, 2023 Articles
On October 25, 2023, Bovis Kyle Attorneys Wayne Tartline and Ward Pankowski obtained a defense verdict for their client in the Habersham County State Court in Clarkesville, Georgia. The homeowner plaintiffs sued their long time HVAC contractor after a fire engulfed their home in November of 2017. Despite that the HVAC contractor had not done any work at the home in the approximately eighteen (18) months prior to the fire, the plaintiffs claimed that their work had caused the fire. Plaintiffs’ expert electrical engineer quickly concluded that the fire was electrical in nature and was caused by poor workmanship by the defendant HVAC contractor.
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By October 19, 2023 News/Events/Seminars
Please welcome Camilla F. Deboard to the Bovis Kyle team.
Camilla joined the firm in October, as a partner, to lead the firm’s North Carolina office. Camilla focuses her practice on insurance defense, insurance coverage, employment law litigation (Title VII and discrimination claims, etc.) premises liability, civil rights defense (1983 claims and ADA Title III) and complex litigation in state and federal courts. She also works on arbitration matters, including underinsured and uninsured motorist arbitrations. Camilla previously coached the Elon Law School Mock Trial Team 2012-2014, and previously served as an Elon Law School Preceptor, mentoring first year law students. Camilla’s ability to manage complicated situations and litigation along with her attention to detail allows her to successfully assist clients in all aspects of a dispute in North Carolina, from pre-litigation to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
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By Wayne Tartline September 19, 2023 Articles
On September 6, 2023, Wayne Tartline and Chang Zhou concluded a Cobb County jury trial by obtaining a directed verdict judgment from the Court. As a result, Wayne’s client, a Marietta developer and homebuilder, did not have to await a jury verdict, as the case was summarily dismissed at the conclusion of Plaintiff’s case based upon legal arguments submitted by defense counsel.
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By September 12, 2023 News/Events/Seminars
USLAW NETWORK welcomes the Atlanta-based law firm Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC (Bovis Kyle) as its newest member firm representing the state of Georgia. For more than 50 years, Bovis Kyle has provided civil practice and business legal services throughout the state.
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By Gregory R. Veal August 31, 2023 Articles
The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has provided a detailed, cogent, and instructive opinion on Georgia’s first-party insurance bad faith statute. In Turner v. CMFG Life Insurance Co., Case No. 23-11387 (August 28, 2023), the insurer’s investigation began immediately on receipt of the claim for death benefits, continued through the statutory 60-day demand period, and ultimately resulted in full payment under the policy. The policy beneficiary was not satisfied, though, and sued to recover the bad-faith penalty (up to 50% of the amount owed) and attorney’s fees allowed by O.C.G.A. § 33-4-6. Under that statute, an insurer may be penalized for failing to pay a claim within 60 days after a proper demand, if the plaintiff can prove the failure was in “bad faith.”
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By Christina L. Gulas, Edward "Ward" Pankowski August 11, 2023 Articles
Bovis Kyle attorneys Christina Gulas and Edward “Ward” Pankowski obtained a defense verdict following a three-day jury trial in Gwinnett County. The trial was the culmination of a lawsuit that stemmed from a December 26, 2015, fall at the defendant’s used car lot.
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By David A. Harris June 30, 2023 Articles
In CDM Constructors Inc. v. Randall Mechanical Inc., No. 1:19-cv-01178-MHC (N.D. Ga. June 27, 2023), Bovis Kyle partners David Harris and Jack Burch obtained the first reported court ruling under Georgia law affirming a surety’s rights to control its principal’s affirmative claims.
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By June 21, 2023 News/Events/Seminars
Bovis Kyle is excited to welcome six summer law clerks - Cali Campbell, John Mark Montgomery, Matthew Spencer, Grant Gibbons, Gracyn Heisterberg and Cullen Davis - to our Atlanta office. We’re excited to have them on board and look forward to sharing both law experience and networking opportunities with each of them!
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By John 'Jack' V. Burch, David A. Harris and Greg Veal June 5, 2023 Articles
Partners Jack Burch, David Harris and Greg Veal contribute to the Electronic Payment Bond Deskbook. The ABA TIPS Fidelity & Surety Law Committee has produced an excellent resource for surety claims handlers across the nation. The Electronic Payment Bond Deskbook is available now.
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