Legal Opinion
McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning, LLP v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 29, 2012No. A12A0248PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge.
This appeal involves the assertion of an attorney’s lien and three related lawsuits: (1) the Roberson case, in which a $1.2 million default judgment was entered against Jimmy Willoughby; (2) the Willoughby case, in which Willoughby and his relatives brought suit against an insurance company for failing to provide a defense in the Roberson case; and (3) the present case (the MSP case), in which Willoughby’s attorneys seek a declaratory judgment to enforce their attorney’s lien in the Willoughby case.1 The provocative fact is that after the insurance company was sued in the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Baker v. City of MariettaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Page v. BraddyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Pinnacle Benning, LLC v. Clark Realty Capital, LLCCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Drawdy v. Direct General InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Woodward v. LawsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- LabMD, Inc. v. Admiral InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. WilloughbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- ANDERSON v. PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANYDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 2019
- Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company v. Jimmy WilloughbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
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