Legal Opinion

UNIVERSAL SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY v. Lowery

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 9, 1987No. 44505PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Weltner, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Universal Security Ins. Co. v. Lowery, 182 Ga. App. 125 (354 SE2d 840) (1987), in order to consider the adequacy of corroboration required by OCGA § 33-7-11 (b) (2). The facts are set forth in the opinion of the Court of Appeals.

While the evidence here may be subject to credibility concerns, it is nonetheless sufficient. The statutory requirement in cases where there is no physical contact is “description by the claimant of how the occurrence occurred corroborated by an eyewitness to the occurrence other than the claimant.” If the General Assembly had…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Universal Security Insurance v. LoweryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Atlanta Casualty Insurance v. CrewsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  2. Hoffman v. DoeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Painter v. Continental InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Murphy v. Georgia General InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Scott v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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