Gault v. National Union Fire Insurance

Blackburn, Judge.

This wrongful death action was filed in Fulton County by the administrators of the estates of Wendy Phillips and Stephen Bell and the guardians of the decedents’ minor children. Named as defendants were James Riffe, driver of the truck that collided with the decedents’ vehicle; Ligón Nationwide, Inc. (“Ligón”), a motor common carrier and employer of Riffe; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh (“National Union”), Ligon’s liability insurance carrier; the state Department of Transportation (“DOT”), which constructed and maintains the highway on which the collision…