STATE FARM &c. CO. v. SOU. BELL &c. CO.

35451.

245 Ga. 5 (1980)

262 S.E.2d 895

STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, John F. Daugherty, for appellant.

Edmund M. Kneisel, Susan A. Cahoon, for appellee.


WELTNER, Judge.

Respondent telephone company, a regulated public utility, installed an answering machine in the dwelling of a customer, who was insured by petitioner. Thereafter, a fire occurred and petitioner brought suit on the customer's subrogated cause of action to recover damages, alleging negligence in providing faulty equipment. The trial court sustained a motion for summary judgment in favor of respondent on the ground that claim had not been presented within...

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