Hall v. Regal Insurance

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises as a grant of interlocutory review under the provisions of OCGA § 5-6-34 (b). Appellant/plaintiff Janice Hall was in an automobile collision with defendant Bonita Hodges. Janice Hall and her husband brought suit against Hodges and served Regal Insurance Company who was appellant Janice Hall’s insurer for uninsured/ underinsured motorist coverage. Regal elected to file defensive pleadings in its own name, filed a cross-claim against Bonita Hodges, and then sought to initiate discovery. The trial court granted a protective order preventing Regal from…