Hoffman v. Oxendine

Phipps, Judge.

David Hoffman filed a petition against the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Georgia, John Oxendine, under the Open Records Act (ORA). Hoffman seeks to enforce compliance with a request for a copy of the report or other results of an investigation conducted by the Commissioner. The trial court determined that under the Georgia Insurance Code, 2 the Commissioner has discretion in determining whether to withhold the report from public inspection. Finding no abuse of discretion, the court awarded summary judgment to the Commissioner. We conclude that there was an abuse of…