Legal Opinion
Amica Mutual Insurance v. Bourgault
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 1, 1993No. S93Q0484PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Presiding Justice.
In this certified question from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, we are asked:
Whether with respect to a[n] automobile insurance policy which covers vehicles principally garaged and used in another state but which is sold and delivered to a resident of Georgia, OCGA § 33-7-11 acts to invalidate an underinsured coverage exclusion which attempts to limit coverage because the insured was injured in a vehicle not covered by the policy.
We answer the question in the negative.
The relevant facts, as certified by the Eleventh Circuit, are as follows:
On March 16, 1990, the…
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