State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Weathers

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In two separate collisions occurring approximately fourteen months apart, appellees Robbin Jones Weathers and Margaret K. Gale, unrelated insureds of appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), received injuries caused by uninsured or underinsured motorists, both of whom were admittedly driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of OCGA § 40-6-391 et seq. Both appellees filed complaints seeking from the respective tortfeasors Clifton and Parker damages for bodily injury and medical expenses, plus punitive damages. Appellee Weathers…