Legal Opinion
Canal Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 1, 2002No. A02A1373PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
This is an appeal from cross-motions for summary judgment in a workers’ compensation subrogation suit brought by Canal Insurance Company c/o O’Steen Adjusting Services, the workers’ compensation insurer, who did not intervene in the employee’s tort suit against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the third-party tortfeasor’s insurer, although it was on notice. Liberty Mutual settled the tort suit with the injured employee for a recovery for pain and suffering damages only, and there were substantial economic damages for lost wages and medical expenses remaining uncompensated in…
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