Colonial Life & Accident Insurance v. McClain

150 Ga. App. 883 (1979)

258 S.E.2d 655

COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY

v.

McCLAIN.

56283.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued September 11, 1978.

Decided July 6, 1979.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1979.

Patton & Hoyt, Wade C. Hoyt, III, for appellant.

Jones & Robbins, Frank H. Jones, James I. Parker, for appellee.

CARLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal by the insurer from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim for benefits under a policy of accidental disability insurance together with an award of a bad faith penalty and attorney fees. This is the…