Legal Opinion
Flewellen v. Atlanta Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 3, 1983No. 39426, 39427PublishedCited by 235 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
On its own motion this court granted certiorari in these cases to address the issue of the interpretation of OCGA § 33-34-5 (formerly Code Ann. § 56-3404b) by the Court of Appeals in this litigation, Atlanta Cas. Co. v. Flewellen, 164 Ga. App. 885 (300 SE2d 166) (1982) and that court’s overruling of its prior decision in Jones v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 156 Ga. App. 230 (274 SE2d 623) (1980), which interpreted the same statute.1 The Court of Appeals consolidated the cases of Mrs. Flewellen and Mrs. Van Dyke and held *710that in each case the respective insurers had…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Jones v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Atlanta Casualty Co. v. FlewellenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Prior v. Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Nelson v. Southern Guaranty InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
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3Cited by235 opinions
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,684 in the Matter of Rodney P. Miller v. Shallowford Community Hospital, Inc., Robert Trauner, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Cotton States Mutual Insurance Company v. J.O. Anderson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. NixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Wiard v. Phoenix InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- General Electric Credit Corp. v. Home Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
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