Georgia Mutual Insurance v. Southern General Insurance

Benham, Judge.

On April 13, 1983, an automobile owned by a woman to whom appellant Georgia Mutual Insurance Company had issued an automobile insurance policy was involved in a collision while being driven, with the owner’s permission, by a man to whom appellee Southern General Insurance Company had issued a policy of automobile insurance. When suit was filed against both the owner and the driver of the automobile, appellant unsuccessfully sought appellee’s participation in the defense of the lawsuit. Appellant settled with the plaintiffs for $10,000 and received an assignment of the…