GRANGE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. WOODARD

300 Ga. 848

FINAL COPY S16Q1875. GRANGE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. WOODARD et al. PETERSON, Justice. This appeal in a personal injury case arising from an automobile accident is before this Court on certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. At issue is the proper interpretation of OCGA § 9-11-67.1, which governs the formation of settlement agreements pursuant to a pre-suit “offer to settle a tort claim for personal injury, bodily injury, or death arising from the use of a motor vehicle and prepared by or with the assistance of an attorney on behalf…