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Few legal issues have sparked more consternation among Georgia insurers (and insurance defense counsel) than pre-suit, time-limited settlement demands that are intended as bad-faith setups. These demands are a maze of terms and conditions that require insurers to upend standard settlement practices and cause inadvertent rejections or counteroffers. Armed with an inadvertent rejection, plaintiff’s counsel sets up a bad faith failure to settle claim. Georgia’s Legislature recently revised O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1, and our attorneys Kim Jackson, Zachary Lewis, and Garrett Anderson discuss the impact of the statute on procedures governing pre-suit settlement offers. Read more in Georgia’s New Time-Limited Demand Statute: Is the Third Time the Charm?

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Attorneys Wayne Tartline and Chang Zhou recently obtained a defense verdict in Gwinnett County for an auto collision case after three days of trial. Although the jury found that the defendant driver was 90% at fault for causing the collision, the jury awarded no damages to either plaintiff. https://lnkd.in/e-qXQQjc

Christina Gulas and Ashley Rudolph attended USLAW Network Women's Connection in Asheville. Christina led a discussion on Balancing Acts: Navigating the Challenges of Personal and Professional Harmony.

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Bovis Kyle Attorney Wayne Tartline and Lueder, Larkin & Hunter Partner Hillary Shawkat recently obtained a favorable verdict in Gwinnett Count. Read the article for more on how they won for their client who had caused a significant rear-end collision with Plaintiffs’ vehicle in 2018, and who had been accused of driving under influence of marijuana at the time. #PartnersinLaw #BKBMLaw 👉 Read More Here: https://lnkd.in/gxtVexEP

Bovis Kyle Attorneys Wayne Tartline and Edward "Ward" Pankowski recently obtained a Defense-Friendly Verdict in Cobb County Traumatic Brain Injury Case following a two-day jury trial. Read more about the lawsuit that stemmed from a 2021 traffic incident. #BKBMLaw #CobbCountyVerdict 👉 Read about the case here: https://lnkd.in/gwJqiCQZ

March Madness returns – and not just in the case of Collegiate Basketball. Read the latest article from Partner @Eric A. Ludwig and firm attorney @Timothy Bennett to get some insight on how to handle those cases that make your concerns shift from contemplating whether the number one seeded basketball team should be considered a “blue blood” program to whether the Plaintiff’s Offer of Settlement is effective as a matter of law. #BKBMLaw #MarchMadness Click here to read! https://lnkd.in/eaDkYA7j

On International Women’s Day, Bovis Kyle wants to celebrate our women attorneys and all the women leaders of the world! Happy International Women's Day! #womeninlaw #internationalwomensday

Bovis Kyle continues to grow its litigation and insurance coverage departments. We are excited to welcome Zapora Johnson to the firm. Zapora will use her years of insurance industry experience by maintaining a focus on complex insurance coverage disputes and extra-contractual bad-faith claims. Please join us in welcoming her to the firm! #BKBMLaw