McCoury v. Allstate Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a suit-limitation provision barred action for negligent failure to provide adequate coverage because “[a]l-though this is not an action for breach of the policy, it is certainly an action brought by the plaintiffs by virtue of their status as policyholders”
• reversing grant of summary judgment where evidence showed that insured relied on agent’s expertise in determining adequate coverage
• reversing grant of summary judgment to insurance agent on claim of negligence because there was evidence that insureds relied on agent's expertise in determining policy coverage on their home
• reversing grant of summary judgment to insurance agent on claim of negligence because there was evidence that insureds relied on agent’s expertise in determining policy coverage on their home
• “Although this is not an action for breach of the policy, it is certainly an action brought by the plaintiffs by virtue of their status as policyholders.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Langley v. Mp Spring Lake, LLC
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-21· cited 31×
• Canales v. Wilson Southland Insurance Agency
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-05· cited 21×
• MacIntyre & Edwards, Inc. v. Rich
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-22· cited 17×
• Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Pawlowski
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-14· cited 11×
• Traina Enterprises, Inc. v. Cord & Wilburn, Inc. Insurance Agency
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-29· cited 10×
• Bullington v. Blakely Crop Hail, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-24· cited 9×
• Morrill v. Cotton States Mutual Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-24· cited 9×
• COTTINGHAM & BUTLER, INC. Et Al. v. BELU Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-08· cited 8×
• Encompass Insurance Co. of America v. Friedman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-12· cited 2×
• Bush v. AG S. Farm Credit
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-27· cited 1×
• Premier Eye Care Associates, P.C. v. Mag Mutual Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-06-17
• Terry L. Bush v. Ag South Farm Credit
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-27
• Premier Eye Care Associates, P.C. v. Mag Mutual Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-06-05
• Bpg Inspection, LLC v. Jessique Omstead
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-01-31

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wright Body Works, Inc. v. Columbus Interstate Insurance Agency
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-26· cited 66×
• Melson v. Phenix Insurance
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1896-03-16· cited 49×
• General Electric Credit Corp. v. Home Indemnity Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-09-16· cited 45×
• Brown v. MacK Trucks, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-02-09· cited 39×
• Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-02-10· cited 25×
• Greene v. Lilburn Insurance Agency, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-06-06· cited 17×
• Darnell v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-03-09· cited 16×
• Fregeau v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-29· cited 14×
• Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Arnold
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-09· cited 13×
• Hunt v. GREENWAY INSURANCE AGENCY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-04-15· cited 8×