Lawson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Gregory, Justice.

This case is before the court on a certified question from the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The facts and the question, as set out in the opinion certifying the question, are as follows:

“Bobby Lawson, an epileptic, claims that he was injured on November 12, 1982, when he suffered an epileptic seizure, fell down in the middle of North Peachtree road, in Atlanta, and was struck by an automobile driven by Susan McCahan, the daughter of a State Farm insured. Although some question exists as to whether McCahan’s vehicle actually struck Lawson, State Farm…