The Biggest Insurance Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report
Jennifer Mathis was quoted in a Law360 article titled, “The Biggest Insurance Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report.” In the article, Mathis discusses the Georgia Supreme Court’s ruling in First Acceptance Insurance Co. v. Hughes that an insurer can’t be sued for failing to settle a claim against its policyholder within policy limits unless it first received a valid settlement offer. This decision helps clarify “the prerequisites for filing bad faith actions in the state and should curtail what some observers call abusive ‘gotcha’ demands by plaintiffs lawyers. Of the ruling, she said, "Some plaintiffs attorneys will attempt to pursue bad faith claims in nearly every coverage dispute, but Hughes makes clear that those claims will not be able to go forward in Georgia unless certain prerequisites are met.”