White v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Smith, Justice.

Appellant, Omie White, sued appellee, Georgia Farm, to recover maximum optional personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under a no-fault insurance policy. We granted certiorari to consider the Court of Appeals’ reversal, in an unpublished opinion, of the trial court’s denial of the appellee’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

The appellant’s husband purchased an automobile insurance policy from Georgia Farm in 1968. In 1974, Georgia Farm received a completed form that it had sent the appellant’s husband, upon which the appellant’s husband had rejected optional PIP…