Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Bohannon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 18, 1988No. 45001, 45002, 45003, 45004, 45005PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
In this certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, we are asked “[w]hether the insurance policy involved in this case was issued to provide ‘benefits without regard to fault’1 ... or to provide traditional insurance coverage, as the latter term is used in Carter v. Banks, 254 Ga. 550 (330 SE2d 866) (1985).”
1. The issue in Carter hinged on the meaning of the 1978 amendment to Section 5 (d) of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Act of 1974, stating that “[i]nsurers and self-insurers providing benefits without regard to fault…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Carter v. BanksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Horton v. Allstate InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
3Cited by6 opinions
- Buford v. H & R Block, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1996
- Brenda J. Bohannon v. Allstate Insurance Company, W.B. Davis, Jr., and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Mrs. Rosetta Prescott, and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Nationwide Insurance Company, Claude and Theresa Nix v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Lester C. May, Jr., and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Travelers Insurance Company, Travelers Indemnity Company and Phoenix Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- West v. SOUTHERN GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Bohannon v. Allstate InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. FowlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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