Legal Opinion
Capital Ford Truck Sales, Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 2, 1986No. 72757PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
An employee of appellant Capital Ford Truck Sales, Inc. (Capital), collided with an automobile while he was driving a company-owned wrecker on company business. A passenger in the other vehicle brought an action for personal injuries against appellant and the driver of the car in which she was riding. Capital called upon its primary insurer, Aspen Indemnity Corp. (Aspen), to defend the action, and Aspen undertook to do so, hiring attorneys to handle the case. Aspen subsequently became insolvent and went into receivership, however, and the law firm it had retained…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Richmond v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Travelers Insurance v. BlakeySupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Sloan Construction Co. v. Central National InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1977
- Loftin v. United States Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Dochod v. Central Mutual InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Penn-America Insurance v. Disabled American Veterans, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Kusuma v. Metametrix, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- United States Fire Insurance v. Capital Ford Truck Sales, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Penn-America Insurance v. Disabled American Veterans, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Collier v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
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