GEORGIA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Meriwether

Shulman, Chief Judge.

In a suit brought against Meriwether, the plaintiffs alleged that he had injured them by closing a public road. Appellee answered that he had not blocked a public road but merely closed a gate across a private farm road entirely on his property. He demanded that appellant, his insurer, provide him a defense in the action. Appellant then filed an action seeking a judgment declaring that it had no duty to defend appellee. After considering cross motions for summary judgment, the trial court denied appellant’s motion and granted appellee a partial summary judgment on the…