Ross v. St. Paul Reinsurance Co.

Hines, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in St. Paul Reinsurance Co. v. Ross, 266 Ga. App. 75 (596 SE2d 193) (2004), to *93determine whether the Court of Appeals was correct in holding that the question of whether an insurance policy provided coverage for a tort judgment debtor could not be litigated in a garnishment action against the judgment debtor’s insurer. Finding that the Court of Appeals erred, we reverse.

After a shooting in the parking lot of a nightclub owned by Jeff Akhtar injured the Rosses’ son, the Rosses were awarded a judgment against Akhtar in the…