Cherokee Insurance v. Lewis

Pope, Judge.

Thomas L. Lewis brought a tort action to recover for injuries he received in an automobile collision. At the time of his injury, Lewis was employed by the City of Chickamauga as a garbage collector and was standing on a platform on the back of the city’s garbage truck. The rear of the truck was struck by an automobile driven by Mary Purple Nelms. The tort action was defended by Nelms’ liability insurance carrier, Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company, and copies of the summons and complaint were served upon Lewis’ automobile insurance carrier, Atlanta Casualty Company, and the…