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STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HANCOCK

64456.

164 Ga. App. 32 (1982)

295 S.E.2d 359

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HANCOCK.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Hughes, Thomas W. Tucker, Luhr G. C. Beckmann, Jr., A. Montague Miller, for appellant.

James B. Wall, Thomas R. Burnside, Jr., for appellee.

BIRDSONG, Judge.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the 1980 amendment to Code Ann. § 56-407.1 (b) (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1428 et seq.) now allows an insured to "stack" his multiple policies of uninsured motorist coverage where the tortfeasor is minimally insured. We agree with the trial judge that it does, and affirm.

Prior to the 1980 amendment this court considered the same question in Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. Austin,

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