Legal Opinion
Canal Insurance v. Henderson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1987No. 74249PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Canal was the carrier of PIP coverage on the automobile driven by Henderson. It appeals from the judgment based on a jury verdict for $10,000, contending that it was entitled as a matter of law to prevail on the issues of statutory penalty and attorney fees (OCGA § 33-34-6 (b)) and punitive damages (OCGA § 33-34-6 (c)). Its motion for directed verdict had been denied and these issues submitted to the jury, all of which Canal enumerates as error.
Seventeen-year-old Henderson was injured when the car he was driving was rear-ended by another car on April 28, 1985. Henderson’s car…
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