Woodcraft ex rel. MacDonald, Inc. v. Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.

Melton, Justice.

Following the fracture of an underground gas pipeline owned and operated by Atmos Energy Corporation, a subsequent fire and explosion damaged a building owned by Woodcraft by MacDonald, Inc. d/b/a Coachcraft. Coachcraft’s insurer, Georgia Casualty and Surety Company (Georgia Casualty), paid Coachcraft $1,675,169 under two policies and then pursued its own subrogation rights against Atmos in federal court where Coachcraft and its owner, Brad MacDonald (collectively “Coachcraft”), intervened as plaintiffs. After more than two years of discovery and preparation for trial, Georgia…