Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc. v. Shirley

699 S.E.2d 616 (2010)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF GEORGIA, INC.

v.

SHIRLEY.

No. A10A0326.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 15, 2010.

Troutman Sanders, Jaime L. Theriot, Atlanta, for appellant.

Jason C. Waymire, for appellee.

MIKELL, Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury awarded Melanie Suzanne Shirley $52,136.30 in damages in an action she brought against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc. ("Blue Cross"), her insurer, for failure to pay a hospital bill. Blue Cross appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict, and the denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict…