Manning v. Powell

Shulman, Judge.

Plaintiff-pedestrian was injured when he was struck by an automobile owned by a third party and operated by defendant-driver. This appeal follows the grant of directed verdict in favor of defendant-driver on the grounds that plaintiff failed to establish any of the threshold requirements of Code Ann. § 56-3410b (a) for recovery of non-economic loss. We reverse the judgment.

1. Appellant’s contention that the directed verdict was inappropriate because appellee failed to prove his status as an insured person who was entitled to assert the exemption of Code Ann. § 56-3410b (a) is…