Aaron v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Banke, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff/appellee, Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (“Farm Bureau”), in a declaratory judgment action brought to determine its obligation to defend a personal injury action.

George Mullins and his wife brought suit against Richard Aaron (now deceased) to recover for certain injuries Mullins had allegedly sustained as a result of an aggravated assault committed by Aaron.1 Aaron called upon Farm Bureau to defend the suit, claiming coverage under his homeowner’s liability insurance…