Legal Opinion
Bates v. Guaranty National Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 27, 1996No. A96A1016PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Guaranty National Insurance Company (“Guaranty National”) filed a declaratory judgment action against Michael Bates, and Bates appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Guaranty National. For reasons which follow, we affirm.
Summary judgment is appropriate when the court, viewing all the evidence and drawing all reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to the non-movant, concludes that the evidence does not create a triable issue as to each essential element of the case. Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (405 SE2d 474) (1991). “A defendant who Will not…
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