Crawford v. Government Employees Insurance

ORDER

EDENFIELD, Chief Judge.

I. Summary Judgment

The plaintiff, Harold R. Crawford (“Crawford”), brought this suit for $69,-074.07 in damages in Ware County Superi- or Court alleging that the defendant, Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”), failed to honor its fire insurance contract with him after a fire occurred in a rental dwelling owned by Crawford and purportedly covered by a GEICO policy. The defendant removed the case to this Court under the provision for diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1988). Subsequently, the defendant moved for summary judgment on the ground…