Whitlock v. INTERSTATE LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY

Felton, Chief Judge.

This case arose out of the same action as Interstate Life &c. Ins. Co. v. Whitlock, 112 Ga. App. 212, ante. The trial court, after directing the verdict for the face amount of the policy in favor of the plaintiff-insured, submitted the issue of bad faith to the jury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $1.00 for bad faith and $1,000 as attorney’s fees. The court granted the defendant-insurer’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to that portion of the verdict awarding bad faith penalties, to which judgment the plaintiff…