Dixon v. Home Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that term “sanctions” in exclusion for fines, statutory penalties, and sanctions prevents coverage for award of attorneys fees imposed to deter filing of frivolous lawsuit
• holding that term \sanctions\ in exclusion for fines, statutory penalties, and sanctions prevents coverage for award of attorneys fees imposed to deter filing of frivolous lawsuit
• “Though an award arising from a judgment under OCGA § 9-15-14 also serves the incidental purpose of providing compensation to the injured party, this does not diminish the reality that awards made under it are ‘sanctions’ under the accepted definition of that term.”
• “Though an award arising from a judgment under OCGA § 9-15-14 also serves the incidental purpose of providing compensation to the injured party, this does not diminish the reality that awards made under it are ‘sanctions’under the accepted definition of that term.”
• automatic stay inapplicable to suits initiated by a debtor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).