Legal Opinion
Hartford Insurance v. Federal Express Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 29, 2002No. A02A0169PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Chief Judge.
Following a bench trial, Hartford Insurance Company appeals the trial court’s ruling that it was not entitled to enforce its subrogation lien against settlement proceeds received by Willie Binyard pursuant to OCGA § 34-9-11.1. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
The record shows that, on December 10, 1997, Binyard was employed by Cort Furniture Rental as a delivery person. That day, while riding as a passenger in a Cort truck, Binyard was struck from behind by a Federal Express Corporation truck being driven by Jack Bacon, resulting in a low impact collision.…
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