Thornton v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

NAHMIAS, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the one-year time-to-sue clause in the parties’ insurance policy was not tolled for at least 60 days after Lagrande Thornton submitted a proof of loss, which is the minimum period the policy gave to Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (GFB) to pay after receiving proof of loss. See Thornton v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 297 Ga. App. 132 (676 SE2d 814) (2009). This is a case of straightforward contract interpretation, and we affirm.

Thornton, whose home was destroyed…