Green v. Fagan

Evans, Judge.

Although the appellate courts of Georgia have held time and again that a property damage settlement also settles a claim for personal injuries growing out of the same incident and against the same party, none of the cases cited in the appellee’s brief has come to grips with the recent statute enacted in 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 643; Code Ann. § 56-408.1).

The new statute was enacted by the General Assembly to correct a situation dealt with in the case of Aetna Cas. & Surety Co. v. Brooks, 106 Ga. App. 427 (127 SE2d 183), in which case certiorari was granted by the Supreme Court of…