Lockhart v. Southern General Insurance

Pope, Presiding Judge.

The sole issue before us is whether the superior court properly granted summary judgment to Southern General Insurance Company in this direct action pursuant to OCGA § 46-7-58 (e).1 Because we are constrained both by prior cases and the statutory scheme to so rule, we conclude that the superior court’s decision was proper.

This lawsuit arose from a December 22, 1994 accident in which Glenn Lockhart’s automobile struck a tractor-trailer driven by Richard Murray. On April 4, 1995, Lockhart and his wife Myra sued Murray and Southern General Insurance Company. The Lockharts…