American Centennial Insurance Company v. Flowery Branch Nursing Center

Marshall, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider the issues of whether (1) the filing of new insurance coverage by a subsequent workers’ compensation insurer superseded the coverage of the initial insurer, who never filed a report of cancellation of coverage, and (2) the filing or nonfiling of such forms is conclusive, or merely rebuttable, evidence of coverage.

Appellant “American,” initially the workers’ compensation insurer of the appellee, “Flowery Branch,” filed a “Report of Coverage,” Form A (Rule 126 (a), Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Vol.…