First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia, Inc. v. Hughes

305 Ga. 489

FINAL COPY S18G0517. FIRST ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, INC. v. HUGHES. ELLINGTON, Justice. We granted certiorari in this case, Hughes v. First Acceptance Ins. Co. of Ga.,

343 Ga. App. 693

( 808 SE2d 103) (2017), to review whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the grant of summary judgment to the insurer on the insured’s failure-to-settle claim. We also asked the parties to address whether an insurer’s duty to settle arises only when the injured party presents a valid offer to settle within the insured’s policy limits or whether, even absent such an offer, a…