Enfinger v. INTERNATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY

We granted certiorari to consider Division 2 of the Court of Appeals opinion on the recovery of prejudgment interest in an action to recover optional insurance benefits for personal injury protection (PIP). The Court of Appeals held that the claim in this case is liquidated and that interest runs from the time demand for payment of benefits is made by the insured until payment is tendered by the insurer, less the thirty-day period provided in OCGA § 33-34-6. Intl. Indemnity Co. v. Enfinger, 181 Ga. App. 420 (352 SE2d 575) (1986). We affirm.

The Court of Appeals relied on their earlier case of…