METROPOLITAN PROP. & CAS. INS. v. CRUMP

No. A98A1978.

513 S.E.2d 33 (1999)

237 Ga. App. 96

METROPOLITAN PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. CRUMP et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 18, 1999.

Certiorari Denied July 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Jonathan M. Engram, Winston, for appellant.

Gambrell & Stolz, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Seaton D. Purdom, Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, Stephen M. Ozcomert, Decatur, for appellees.


SMITH, Judge.

We granted this application for interlocutory appeal to consider whether an individual who has recovered a judgment against a tortfeasor may garnish the tortfeasor's unasserted and unassigned claim against his own insurance company for failure to settle within policy limits. Because we agree with appellant that the judgment creditor here had no standing to pursue this garnishment, we reverse.

Appellee Joyce Crump brought an action for damages...

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