MGC is Now Open for Business in Jackson, MS
McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, has opened an office in Jackson, Miss. This is the firm’s second Miss. office, including the first in Oxford. This office expands the firm’s regional footprint to a total of 15 offices across Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Seven attorneys join the firm’s workers’ compensation and litigation practices. They include partners Roger Riddick, Holly Smalling and Bobby Thompson, as well as associates Catherine Bell, Paul Blake, Lauren Hillery and Pamela Ratliff. (more…)
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Jordan Raymond Joins MGC’s Atlanta Office
Dukes and Hunter Join MGC’s Columbia Office
Amber Dorrell Joins MGC’s Charlotte Office
Jordan Puryear Joins MGC’s Nashville Office
Six MGC Attorneys Included in the 2018 South Carolina Super Lawyers List
North Carolina Litigation Update: No Bad Faith in Litigating UIM Claim
Elliott v. American States Insurance Company
The Fourth Circuit has ruled that UIM carriers are not obligated to make settlement offers or settle claims with their insureds before a judgment is entered against the at-fault party. Furthermore, a UIM insurer who decides to not make a settlement offer before the judgment is entered does not commit a per se violation of North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Statute. (more…)
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Mason Montgomery Joins MGC’s Oxford Office
Tennessee Litigation Update: Spoliation in Tennessee
Tennessee Litigation Update: Tennessee and the Sealed Container Doctrine
A Plaintiff may sue both a manufacturer and a seller of a product alleged to have caused Plaintiff’s injury. Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-28-103(a). The accrual of a products liability action occurs when the Plaintiff is aware of an injury, and when, by utilizing reasonable care, Plaintiff discovers the manufacturer of the product and identifies the particular product. See, e.g., Pivnick, Lawrence A., Tennessee Circuit Court Practice sec. 1.2, p. 28 (2011-2012 ed.), citing, e.g., Craig v. R.R. Street & Co., Inc., 794 S.W.2d 351 (Tenn. Ct. App., 1990). (more…)
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