Jones v. Cotton States Mutual Insurance

Sognier, Judge.

Mark O’Gwin was seriously injured when the automobile he was driving was struck by vehicles driven by Billy George Stapler and Tony Hamill. Evelyn Jones, as guardian for O’Gwin, accepted the $10,000 liability coverage available to Hamill in exchange for a covenant not to sue him and then brought suit against Stapler, who was uninsured, serving Cotton States Mutual Insurance Company pursuant to OCGA § 33-7-11 as the uninsured motorist carrier of the policies covering O’Gwin. Cotton States filed an answer in its own name but two years later dismissed its answer as to the Count I…