Williams v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Johnny Williams was granted a discretionary appeal so this court could review the judgment of the court below, in which he was awarded $500 in punitive damages for appellee’s failure to pay timely his claim for no-fault insurance benefits.
1. Williams first assigns as error the trial court’s grant of appellee’s motion in limine which denied him the right to introduce evidence of the insurance company’s mishandling of his related workers’ compensation claim so that it could provide a gauge for awarding punitive damages.
*685Williams showed that he was struck by a motor vehicle…
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- Moody v. Nides Finance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
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