Hoffman v. Insurance Co. of North America

Marshall, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Hoffman v. Ins. Co. of N. A., 144 Ga. App. 420 (241 SE2d 303) (1977), wherein the Court of Appeals held that the statute of limitation in a suit by an insured against its agent, for negligent breach of the agent’s duty to the insured to obtain adequate insurance coverage, begins to run on the date the agent breaches its duty rather than on the date the resulting damage occurs. The Court of Appeals reached this decision by analogizing to the rule in malpractice cases against attorneys that the claim accrues and the statute begins to run from the date…