Pinkerton & Laws, Inc. v. Royal Insurance Co. of America

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• holding that, because attorneys’ fees statutes are substantive for Erie purposes, a Georgia court would not apply Georgia’s bad-faith litigation attorneys’ fee statute “if the laws of some other state should be applied to the issues” in the case
• concluding exclusion j(5) did not apply when water damage resulted to other property after improper installation of windows
• citations 5 Robert also brought a bad faith claim pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 13-6-11 but later conceded that O.C.G.A. § 33-4-6 provides the exclusive remedy for an insurer’s bad faith. (Interpleader Def.’s Resp. Interpleader Pl.’s Mot. Dismiss 13, DN 46

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