Legal Opinion
Grissom v. Gleason
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 9, 1992No. S92A0217PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Justice.
We granted this application for interlocutory appeal to decide whether the Motor Carrier Act violates the state equal protection clause by permitting an injured person to sue the insurance carrier in the same action brought against the motor carrier. Adhering to our previous decisions that the joinder does not violate equal protection, we affirm.
A. B. Grissom was driving a tractor-trailer truck owned by Dixie Hauling Company when he struck and killed Edward P. J. Gleason. Melanie Gleason, as sole heir and administrator of her father’s estate, sued Grissom and Dixie Hauling…
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