Legal Opinion
Hix v. Hertz Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 23, 2010No. A10A0965PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
We granted William Hix’s application for discretionary appeal to consider an issue of first impression: May a plaintiff in a garnishment action recover insurance proceeds from a self-insured car rental agency when the defendant renter was driving in violation of the rental agreement when he caused the accident? After reviewing the applicable law, we conclude that the trial court correctly applied the exclusion in the rental agreement to Hix’s claim, and we therefore affirm the judgment.
The relevant facts in this case are not in dispute. On January 9, 2004, Carson Bolt…
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