Grant v. Lyons

The trial court granted a defendant’s motion to enforce settlement of a personal injury action, because it found that the insurance company had complied with the policy limit demand of the appellant/plaintiff. Because the release that the insurance company submitted with its payment was not a routine general release, we hold that the insurance company had not accepted the demand of the appellant. We reverse.

Appellant filed a complaint for personal injury damages against Matthew Lyons, with whom appellant was involved in an automobile accident. Appellant then filed a time limit demand to…