State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Stanley

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

Betty and Merriam Blocker appeal the grant of State Farm’s summary judgment motion by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in State Farm’s declaratory judgment action. 773 F.Supp. 1539. Insurer, State Farm, brought this action claiming that under O.C.G.A. § 33-7-15(b) (Supp.1991) it was not obligated to defend its insured, Mary Ann Stanley, or responsible to a third party for its insured’s liability. O.C.G.A. § 33-7-15(b) relieves an insurer of its policy obligations when the insured fails to timely notify it that a covered action has been…