Smith v. EMPLOYERS'FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Smith, Justice.

John Smith, the appellant, appealed a ruling by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia which granted Smith’s insurer, appellee Employers’ Fire Insurance Co., priority over Smith in recovering from the insurer of Jimmy Carter, the tortfeasor who injured Smith in a car wreck. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit subsequently certified the following question to this court: “Is a no-fault insurer which has paid personal injury benefits to its insured injured in a 1981 motor vehicle accident, entitled, under Georgia law, to a…