Legal Opinion
Plantation Pipeline Co. v. Royal Indemnity Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2000No. A00A0690PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Presiding Judge.
This appeal arises out of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Royal Indemnity Company (“Royal”) on the ground that Plantation Pipeline Company (“PPL”) failed to give proper notice of an occurrence to Royal, as required by insurance policies issued to PPL by Royal. Under the circumstances of this case, we agree with the trial court that the delay in providing notice was unreasonable as a matter of law, and we therefore affirm.
The following facts are undisputed. PPL is an interstate common carrier by pipeline of refined petroleum products. Royal issued…
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