Strickland v. English

Pannell, Judge.

1. It was held in State Farm Mut. &c. Ins. Co. v. Brown, 114 Ga. App. 650 (152 SE2d 641) that an insurer who had been named a defendant in an action against an uninsured motorist brought under the provisions of the Uninsured Motorist Act (Ga. L. 1963, p. 588, as amended by Ga. L. 1964, p. 306) had the right to challenge its status as a defendant and was entitled to have its name and all reference to the matter of insurance stricken therefrom. We see no reason why the uninsured motorist, against whom the action is brought here, should not have a like privilege for substantially…