Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Co. v. Swift & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 19, 1966No. 23407PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
The decision in Travelers Ins. Co. v. Bumstead, 182 Ga. 692 (186 SE 742), established the law that the Workmen’s Compensation Statute, as amended by Ga. L. 1922 (Code § 114-403) did not authorize the insurer of the employer who has paid the employee for his injuries to intervene in a suit by the injured employee against the actual tortfeasor, and that the insurance carrier of the employer has no legal right to assert its claim for “reimbursement” and “subrogation” under said section of the Act, by filing and having allowed a petition for intervention as a plaintiff in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stegall v. Southwest Ga. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Lloyd Adams Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Stegall v. Southwest Georgia Regional Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Freeney v. PapeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by5 opinions
- COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE CO. v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. TolisonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. WhiteheadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Miller v. Medical Association of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Austin v. Aldens, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977