Government Employees Insurance v. Gates

Marshall, Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the appellant’s conduct amounted to waiver of certain notice provisions of its insurance policy, as a matter of law.

The evidence adduced at trial showed that the appellant insured appellee Gates under a policy that provided medical payments and uninsured motorist coverage. On April 9, 1970, Gates’ son was injured as a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident, and on that same day he notified the police. Sometime during the next week, Gates reported the accident by telephone to an employee of the Georgia Adjustment Agency, an…