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COTTON STATES MUT. INS. CO. v. BRIGHTMAN

No. S02G1739.

580 S.E.2d 519 (2003)

COTTON STATES MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BRIGHTMAN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Lane Young II, Hawkins & Parnell, LLP, Atlanta, Morton G. Forbes, Scot Vanderver Pool, Forbes & Bowman, Savannah, for appellant.

David R. Montgomery, James E. Hudson, Kenneth Kalivoda, Hudson, Montgomery & Kalivoda, P.C., Athens, for appellee.

Philip Wade Savrin, Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, James Errol Singer, Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC, Atlanta, Jerry A. Buchanan, Buchanan & Land, Columbus, for amici appellant.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

After James Brightman obtained a $1,787,500 judgment against Lynn Martin and Gregory Cumbo for injuries suffered in a 1992 automobile collision, Martin assigned to Brightman her bad faith claim against her insurance company, Cotton States Mutual Insurance Company. Brightman sued Cotton States for its bad faith and negligent refusal to settle the personal injury action, the jury returned a verdict in his favor, and the Court

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