Legal Opinion
Braner v. Southern Trust Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 17, 1985No. 42284, 42285PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
The principal issues in this case, a suit on a fire insurance policy here on certiorari, Southern Trust Ins. Co. v. Braner, 174 Ga. App. 247 (329 SE2d 569) (1985), are whether it is error for a jury to make a separate award of prejudgment interest upon unliquidated claims of loss under the policy, and whether the existing rule as to proof of damage to personal property destroyed by fire should be relaxed.
Henry and Sue Braner purchased a vacation home on Colonels Island in Liberty County on January 1, 1982. At that time, fire insurance was purchased upon the dwelling for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hoard v. WileyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Fortson v. Cotton States Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Tifton, Thomasville & Gulf Railway Co. v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Firemen's Insurance v. OliverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by43 opinions
- American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia, a Georgia Corp. v. United States Fire Company, and Boston Old Colony Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Tower Financial Services, Inc. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- International Indemnity Co. v. TerrellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Typo-Repro Services, Inc. v. BishopCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
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