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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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By David A. Harris June 5, 2023 News/Events/Seminars
On May 16, Bovis Kyle partner David Harris took the attorney’s oath and became a member of the South Carolina bar. Already admitted in North Carolina and Georgia, David took the bar exam and satisfied the several other requirements to become licensed in South Carolina as well. Now he will be able to leverage the firm’s location in Charleston as well as its staffed office in Greensboro, NC to provide representation to our surety clients in three jurisdictions.
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By June 5, 2023 News/Events/Seminars
Attorney Marilyn Kapaun says that it’s days like today that it feels good to be a Family Lawyer! See proud father, AJ Petrangeli, who is showing off his Order of Legitimation at the Fulton County Superior Court with his family law attorney, Marilyn Kapaun. He is now not only the biological father of his son, but the LEGAL FATHER. It is with pride that we do the work that we do. Congratulations, AJ! BKBM was happy to be a part of it.

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By Wayne Tartline and Eric Connelly May 17, 2023 Articles
On May 12, 2023, Partners Wayne Tartline and Eric Connelly concluded a trial defending a 16-year-old driver who hit a pedestrian. The driver had entered a guilty plea to the traffic citation which was issued after her vehicle collided with an 18-year-old boy who was walking his dog within a crosswalk in Alpharetta in 2016. The impact caused the plaintiff to roll onto the hood of the vehicle and the impact of his head shattered the windshield.
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