Georgia Panel Affirms Directed Verdict In Insurer’s Favor In Storm Damage Dispute

(May 3, 2024, 1:29 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court affirmed a lower court’s directed verdict in favor of a homeowners insurer in a breach of contract lawsuit arising from storm damage, finding that the state high court’s ruling in White v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. supports its reading of the insurance policy and forecloses the insureds’ assertion that their policy included a “broadly applicable two-year suit limitation as a matter of law.”...