Dicks v. Zurich American Insurance

This case is controlled by our Supreme Court’s holding in Southern Bell Tel. &c. Co. v. Glawson, 140 Ga. 507 (79 SE 136) (1913). Glawson involved a situation where the Supreme Court overruled a principle of law established in a Court of Appeals decision, although it apparently did not specifically overrule the case by name. As Glawson makes clear, where the Supreme Court, in a different case, overrules the principle of law contained in a decision of this Court, such decision nevertheless remains binding on the parties and on this Court in subsequent appearances of that same case. The majority…