Payne Ex Rel. Gleaton v. Selective Insurance

Plaintiff Natasha N. Payne brought this action against the Twiggs County School District and several employees thereof seeking damages for an injury she suffered when she was attacked by a fellow student on a county school bus. She subsequently amended her complaint to assert a claim for direct contractual liability, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1090, against Selective Insurance Company (“Selective”), which had issued a liability insurance policy to the school district. Selective moved to dismiss the claim against it on the ground that its policy covered only injuries which resulted from…