HOME MATERIALS v. AUTO OWNERS INS. CO.

39207.

250 Ga. 599 (1983)

300 S.E.2d 139

HOME MATERIALS, INC. et al. v. AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLane, Dover, Sherwood & Shelton, J. Carol Sherwood, Jr., for appellants.

William U. Norwood III, O. Wayne Ellerbee, for appellees.


CLARKE, Justice.

This appeal attacks the constitutionality of OCGA § 33-24-45 (e) (Code Ann. § 56-2430.1) and raises a question of whether a dual agent's representation to one of its principals binds the other.

The statute in question imposes a lesser duty on an insurer dealing with an entity other than a natural person. Although Home Materials contends that this is a denial of equal protection, the trial court found the statute constitutional. We...

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