• Harco National Insurance Company v. Eric Knowles, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenan Loomis, (Cozen O’Connor), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hillary Shawkat, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter), Alpharetta, for appellee; Richard Staggard, (Farah and Farah, P.A.), Jacksonville, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1263

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment as to an insurer's claim that a worker's injuries were not covered by a commercial liability policy due to policy exclusions for workplace injuries

  • Columbus Water Works v. Dunn, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-09
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Clark, Thomas Gristina, (Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford), Columbus, Lewis Jones, John Fortuna, (Jones Fortuna LP), Decatur, Elizabeth Holden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Robin Leigh, Christopher Held, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacy Shelton, (Us Environmemtal Protection Agency), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Brown, April Lipscomb, (Southern Environmental Law Center), Atlanta, Kevin Jeselnik, (Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc.), Atlanta, for other party; Marlee Santos, (Crowell & Moring LLP), Irvine, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A0857

    Court reverses summary determination in favor of Environmental Protection Division on an issue involving water discharge and remands for an evidentiary hearing over a challenged permit

  • Florida Rock Industries, Inc. v. Clayton County Board of Commissioners et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Clay Massey, Shannon Nicole Vreeland, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Bryant Cowan, Dana Kristin Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22C1102

    Court denies petition for certiorari filed by a mining company seeking review of the denial of two applications for conditional use permits.