Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Coastal States Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 8, 1968No. 43549PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Judge.
The petition in the present case was designed to allege a cause based upon the defendant insurance company’s negligence in failing to pass upon an application for life insurance within a reasonable time. Under procedure prior to the Civil Practice Act of 1966, in order to plead such action, the basic facts that had to be alleged were the existence of a valid application and that the application was submitted to the insurance company. Maddox v. Life & Cas. Ins. Co., 79 Ga. App. 164, 169 (53 SE2d 235). The petition undertook to specify these facts with allegations that the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hill v. WillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- New York Life Insurance v. BabcockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Maddox v. Life & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- Brown v. MacK Trucks, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Hart v. WaldoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Garrett v. Life Ins. Co. of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Protective Life Insurance v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- All American Assurance Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Myers v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
- Mayes v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
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