Great West Casualty Co. v. Bloomfield

I must respectfully dissent. Although this Court generally owes great deference to a trial court’s ruling under the abuse of discretion standard, in this case I believe that the trial court abused that discretion, and I would reverse.

The first time this case was on appeal, this Court held that because the trial court had denied Great West’s request for attorney fees, “the court must set forth in its order the basis for finding that the offer was not a good faith offer.” (Footnote omitted.) Great West Cas. Co. v. Bloomfield, 303 Ga. App. 26, 30 (3) (693 SE2d 99) (2010). This Court based this…