Hodges v. Grange Mutual Insurance

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Grange Mutual Insurance Company (“Grange”) commenced this declaratory judgment action to contest its coverage of a van involved in a traffic accident in which LaSonya Hill perished.1 Hill’s daughters, Leteshia Hodges and Keisha Hill, subsequently initiated a separate wrongful death action through their next friend and guardian, Annie S. Hill (the “Hills” collectively) against Cagle’s, Inc. (“Cagle’s”), Cagle’s Farms, Inc., and Charles D. Davis d/b/a Davis Poultry Company, which sought coverage from Grange. The Hills appeal the trial court’s decision to direct a verdict…