Willis v. Allstate Insurance

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• “The general rule in Georgia is that a breach of contract cannot constitute a tort unless a special or confidential relationship exists between the parties.”
• “Evidence which serves to relieve [the defendant] of liability, . . . which it has already admitted by virtue of the default judgment[,] is inadmissible.” (citations omitted) (emphasis supplied)
• “Generally, no fiduciary relationship exists between an insured and his or her insurer.”
• “Generally, no fiduciary relationship exists between an insured and his or her insurer.”
• defendant in default admits all well-pleaded material allegation of complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kin Chun Chung v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  N.D. Georgia· 2013-09-24· cited 18×
• Fei Zhong v. Pnc Bank, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-03-13· cited 17×
• Willis v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 12×
• Arora v. Buckhead Family Dentistry, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-01-08· cited 3×
• Metlife Life & Annuity Co. v. Akpele
  N.D. Georgia· 2015-09-11· cited 2×
• Arora v. Buckhead Family Dentistry, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2018-01-08
• Eric Paris v. E. Michael Ruberti, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
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  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-16
• James Hugh Potts, II v. William G. Clowdis, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-30
• The Cotto Law Group, LLC v. Vanessa Benevidez
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-03-02
• JOHN REEVES v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-04-30
• Troy Avery v. D. Stephan Schneider, as Parent and Next Friend of Ashton L. Schneider
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13
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  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-02-02
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  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-02-21
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  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-10-20
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Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stroud v. Elias
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-24· cited 52×
• Walsh v. Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-10-12· cited 48×
• Drug Emporium, Inc. v. Peaks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-03· cited 40×
• ServiceMaster Co., LP v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-15· cited 39×
• Cohran v. Carlin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-19· cited 35×
• Fink v. Dodd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-06· cited 33×
• Nash v. Ohio National Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-22· cited 26×
• Azarat Marketing Group, Inc. v. Department of Administrative Affairs
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-06· cited 26×
• Crawford v. Dammann
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-02· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-11· cited 22×
• Canales v. Wilson Southland Insurance Agency
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-05· cited 21×
• Northgate Village Apartments v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-09· cited 20×
• First Union National Bank v. Floyd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-12-05· cited 18×
• McDade v. McDade
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-13· cited 14×
• Grand v. Hope
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-08· cited 14×
• Spears v. MacK & Bernstein, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 9×
• Miles v. Great Southern Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-10-29· cited 8×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-09-05· cited 7×

Other cases named Willis v. Allstate Insurance

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Willis v. Allstate Insurance
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-07-01· cited 10×