Googe v. Florida International Indemnity Co.

Bell, Presiding Justice.

This case comes before us upon questions certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Florida Intl. Indem. Co. v. City of Metter, Georgia, 952 F2d 1297 (11th Cir. 1992), pursuant to Rule 36 of the Supreme Court of Georgia. See OCGA § 15-2-9. The issues the case presents to this Court involve Georgia’s third-party beneficiary doctrine and the rights of third-party beneficiaries to bring actions on contracts, specifically, actions to reform contracts of liability insurance.

The case arises from the drowning of a boy, Kenneth Harold Googe, in a…