DeMudd v. ATLANTA METRO TAXI-CAB GROUP, INC.

McMurray, Chief Judge.

This case involves a taxicab incident in which passengers were injured. A claim for no-fault insurance was made and not paid in accordance with law. A partial summary judgment was granted to the plaintiffs for the amount constituting the personal injury protection benefits against the defendant, Atlanta Metro Taxi-Cab Group, Inc., a self-insurer.

However, the trial court also, sua sponte, found the defendant’s refusal to pay plaintiffs’ claims to be in good faith and prohibited plaintiffs from presenting the issues of attorney fees, twenty-five percent penalty and…