Lancaster v. USAA Casualty Insurance

502 S.E.2d 752 (1998)

232 Ga. App. 805

LANCASTER

v.

USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY.

No. A98A0052.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

May 22, 1998.

Reconsideration Denied June 9, 1998.

Donald J. Sharp, Woodstock, for appellant.

Savell & Williams, John C. Parker, Atlanta, for appellee.

ANDREWS, Chief Judge.

Suzanne Lancaster, insured by USAA Casualty Insurance Company (USAA), appeals from the trial court's judgment in favor of USAA in her suit for bad faith cancellation of benefits. The matter was heard by the court sitting without a jury.

1. "`In a bench trial the court sits as the trier of fact and his…