Grange Mutual Casualty Company v. Boris Woodard

HULL, Circuit Judge:

This case returns to us from the Supreme Court of Georgia, to whom we certified certain questions concerning O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1. Before turning to those questions, we offer a brief review of the facts, which are not in dispute and are set out more fully in our previous opinion. See Grange Mut. Cas. Co. v. Woodard, 826 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2016).

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In March 2014, the Dempseys and the Woodards were involved in a car accident in which Boris Woodard was injured and his adult daughter, Anna Woodard, was killed. Grange Mut., 826 F.3d at 1291. The Dempseys…