Legal Opinion

Rustin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 10, 1985No. 42118, 42119PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Gregory, Justice.

At approximately 10:15 p.m. on October 28, 1980, appellant Spain was driving in the westbound lane of West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. He stopped behind Rustin, the deceased, at a stoplight at the intersection of West Paces Ferry and Northside Drive. When the light became green Rustin did not proceed through it. According to Spain’s trial testimony, Spain sounded the horn of his car several times to alert Rustin that the light was green. When Rustin failed to move his car, Spain drove around him. A short distance away as Spain turned into a driveway off West Paces Ferry,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. GreeneCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Allstate Ins. Co. v. SkeltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
  2. General Accident Insurance Co. of America v. OlivierSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
  3. Abercrombie v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  4. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. RaceDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  5. Wausau Underwriters Insurance v. HowserDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1990

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