Viola F. White (Lehman) v. John Cecil Wright, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Viola White brought this diversity suit for damages arising out of an automobile accident with defendant John Cecil Wright. Almost ten months later, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company was served with the complaint pursuant to Georgia’s Uninsured Motorist Act, Ga.Code Ann. § 56-407.1 (1977). The district court found State Farm liable under the uninsured motorist policy held by the plaintiff. On appeal State Farm contends that the district court’s judgment should be reversed because the applicable limitations period had run and because defendant…