Cravey v. Johnson

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Larry Eugene Cravey seeks to avoid a release he and his spouse executed in favor of Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company’s (“Farm Bureau”) deceased insured, James Emory Sheppard. Cravey contended that a Farm Bureau agent (claims adjuster) duped him into signing the release in exchange for $15,000 by misrepresenting facts relevant to Cravey’s own insurance coverage at a time when Cravey was bed-ridden, under the influence of pain medication and recovering from severe head and body injuries sustained during a head-on automobile collision with Sheppard. The…