Legal Opinion
Wages v. Atlanta Metro Taxicab Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 20, 1989No. A89A1412PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Wages, a lessee driver of Atlanta Metro, appeals the grant of partial summary judgment to Atlanta Metro on the issue of penalties and attorney fees under OCGA § 33-34-6.
Wages was injured in a traffic accident on March 1, 1986. Atlanta Metro was a self-insurer and Wages submitted his medical bills directly to it. Wages went to Kennestone Hospital the day of the accident and was treated as an outpatient. Thereafter, he saw Dr. Khouri and a chiropractor. Some of the bills which he submitted were paid, but Atlanta Metro questioned whether some of Dr. Khouri’s tests and treatment,…
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