Legal Opinion
Cherokee Insurance v. Lewis
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 3, 1992No. A91A1836PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, Judge.
This is the third case arising from the same set of facts to appear before this court. This appeal arises from an award of a bad faith penalty and attorney fees pursuant to OCGA § 33-7-11 (j).
Thomas Lewis (“Lewis”), a garbage collector for the City of Chickamauga, was injured when a car driven by Mary Nelms (“Nelms”) struck the platform on the back of a garbage truck on which Lewis was standing. An action for personal injury was filed against Nelms and the manufacturer of the garbage truck, and complaints were also served on Atlanta Casualty Company (“Atlanta”), Lewis’…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Arford v. BlalockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Lewis v. Atlanta Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Lewis v. Cherokee InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Augusta Tennis Club, Inc. v. LegerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Cherokee Insurance v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Williamson v. Harvey Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
- Citadel Corp. v. All-South Subcontractors, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- Dee v. SweetCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- Hendricks v. Blake & Pendleton, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Delphi Communications, Inc. v. Advanced Computing Technologies, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
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