Powell v. Manning

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Certiorari was granted to determine whether or not the Court of Appeals correctly held in Manning v. Powell, 146 Ga. App. 579 (246 SE2d 704) (1978), that in an automobile-pedestrian collision case the defendant-driver must introduce his policy of automobile insurance into evidence before he can avail himself of the no-fault law statutory exemption from liability to pay damages to the plaintiff-pedestrian for noneconomic loss. Code Ann. § 56-3410b (a).

The issues arise in this way: A pedestrian sued a driver alleging injuries arising out of being struck by the automobile.…