June 01, 2023
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed that a Georgia apartment complex property owner's primary insurer must contribute to a $3 million settlement for a fatal shooting before excess coverage can kick in, finding that state law requires primary policies to precede umbrella policies even when the former contains an "excess clause."
February 14, 2023
An excess insurer to a Georgia apartment complex owner asked the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court's ruling that its coverage obligations to the property manager are not triggered for an underlying fatal shooting case until the manager's primary policy is exhausted.