Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Troupe

Deen, Chief Judge.

On March 4, 1976, the plaintiff Troupe, a blind 73-year-old former husband of the driver of the car in which he was riding, was involved in an accident as a result of which the operator died. He was examined by one of his firm of family doctors the following day who found bruises and contusions on his arms and chest but did not hospitalize him. He continued to suffer pain in the chest and stomach and after several telephone conversations returned to the office the following week and again on March 23, was hospitalized, diagnosed as suffering from a bleeding duodenal ulcer…