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COLONIAL LIFE &c. INS. CO. v. McCLAIN

34383.

243 Ga. 263 (1979)

253 S.E.2d 745

COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY v. McCLAIN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patton & Hoyt, Wade C. Hoyt, III, for appellant.

Frank Jones, James I. Parker, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

The Court of Appeals, by certified question, asks for instructions on the proper standard for reviewing a judgment against an insurer for damages and attorney fees for bad faith in refusing to pay a claim. Code Ann. § 56-1206. Such judgment is not authorized if an insurer had reasonable and probable cause for making a defense to the claim. Interstate Life &c. Ins. Co. v. Williamson, 220 Ga. 323

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