Legal Opinion
Home Materials, Inc. v. Auto Owners Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 1983No. 39207PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
This appeal attacks the constitutionality of OCGA § 33-24-45 (e) (Code Ann. § 56-2430.1) and raises a question of whether a dual agent’s representation to one of its principals binds the other.
The statute in question imposes a lesser duty on an insurer dealing with an entity other than a natural person. Although Home Materials contends that this is a denial of equal protection, the trial court found the statute constitutional. We agree.
The case was tried before the court without a jury on stipulated facts. Included in the stipulation were the facts that McAllister was the dual…
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