Reserve Life Insurance Company v. Gay

Mobley, Justice.

This case is here on the grant of a petition for certiorari in Reserve Life Ins. Co. v. Gay, 96 Ga. App. 601 (101 S. E. 2d 158). The plaintiff had brought an action under an insurance policy seeking to recover $200 hospital expenses, $260 medical bills, $8.50 ambulance bill, $400 attorney’s fees, the statutory penalty of 25%, and interest, making a total of $995.19. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $800. The Court of Appeals held that, under the evidence, the plaintiff was entitled to recover only $141 under the policy, and held that the evidence supported a…