Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Crutchfield

Pope, Presiding Judge.

UNUM Life Insurance Company of America appeals the decision of the trial court granting class certification to Glendolyn Crutchfield for her claims against UNUM. Because we find that the trial court acted within its discretion, we affirm.

The facts relative to Crutchfield are not in dispute. A Georgia resident and an employee of Singer & Company in Atlanta, Crutch-field purchased through Singer, UNUM-issued group life insurance policies on her life and her husband’s. She was the beneficiary of her husband’s $10,000 policy. On December 4, 1996, her husband died; six days…