GEICO General Insurance Co. v. Williams

This appeal was brought by the defendants’ liability insurer, which retained counsel to represent the defendants in the negligence action below. Following a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff moved to add the insurer as a party to the final judgment for the purposes of attorneys’ fees and taxable costs. The plaintiffs motions were granted, and the insurer now appeals. We affirm and hold that the plaintiff timely moved the trial court to add the insurer as a party to the final judgment. Further, we hold that the insurer abandoned its other arguments on *242appeal because these…