Legal Opinion
Rutledge v. Auto-Owners Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 25, 2001No. A01A0246PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Presiding Judge.
We granted this application for interlocutory review to consider the meaning of “relative” under Georgia law in the context of a certain insurance contract. Having determined that the trial court applied an erroneous definition of the meaning of that term, we reverse.
The issue of insurance coverage arose in these circumstances. On the night of September 21, 1996, Rachel Rutledge and her sole passenger, Rhonda Jackson, were involved in a single vehicle accident. Rutledge was driving a 1996 Nissan pickup truck belonging to John Thomas, the surviving spouse of her sister…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hurst v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- American Southern Insurance v. GoldenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Hill v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Peachtree Casualty Insurance v. KimCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Kovacs v. Cornerstone National InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. WoodallDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2003
- Joseph Kovacs v. Cornerstone National InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012