11th Circuit Reverses Attorney Fee Award In Insurers’ Equitable Contribution Dispute

Mealey's (June 2, 2023, 11:39 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a federal court’s finding that Georgia law obligates an umbrella insurer to pay only in excess of a primary commercial general liability insurer but reversed the grant of attorney fees in favor of the umbrella insurer in an equitable contribution dispute over an underlying settlement arising from two deaths at an apartment complex that was managed by their mutual insured....