Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Hodges
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 25, 1965No. 41098PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Judge.
The insurer’s contention is that the words of the policy, “Liability for all damages, including damages for care and loss of services, arising out of bodily injury, sickness or disease . . . , sustained by one person in any one accident shall not exceed $10,000 . . . ,” applied in this case, mean that damages sustained by one person—the husband—include damages for his pain and suffering, recoverable by him, and damages for the loss of consortium, recoverable by his wife. Therefore, the insurer argues, since the husband’s judgment necessarily included $7,049 for his personal…
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- Holtz v. Mutual Service Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
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