FIRST ACCEPTANCE INS. CO. v. HUGHES

S18G0517.

826 S.E.2d 71 (2019)

FIRST ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, INC., v. HUGHES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stephen Berry , Robin N. Johnson , DENTONS US LLP, 303 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 5300, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Kyle G.A. Wallace , Cari Katrice Dawson , Andrew Jacob Tuck , ALSTON & BIRD, LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, Ste 4900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Brandon Graham Cathey , Brent Gavin Steinberg , SWOPE RODANTE P.A., 1234 5th Avenue, East, Tampa, Florida 33605, for Appellee.

Adanna Urunwa Ugwonali , Ugwonali Law Group, 750 Hammond Drive, Building 12 Suite 200, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328, for Amicus Appellee.

David Marlow Atkinson , Jonathan J. Kandel , Pamela Newsom Lee , SWIFT, CURRIE, MCGHEE & HIERS, LLP, 1355 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3591, Sarah Brown Akins , ELLIS PAINTER RATTERREE & ADAMS LLP, P.O. Box 9946, Savannah, Georgia 31412-0146, Martin Adam Levinson , HAWKINS PARNELL THACKSTON & YOUNG LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Garret Warrington Meader , DREW ECKL & FARNHAM LLP, 777 Gloucester Street, Suite 305, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Hall F. McKinley, III , DREW, ECKL & FARNHAM, LLP, P.O. Box 7600, Atlanta, Georgia 30357, Duke Riley Groover , Lee Malcolm Gillis, Jr. , Rachel Rozier Turnbull , JAMES BATES BRANNAN GROOVER LLP, P.O. Box 4283, Macon, Georgia 31208-4283, Leah Ward Sears , Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr. , SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP, Promenade, Suite 3100, 1230 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, William V. Custer, IV , Christian James Bromley , BYRAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP, One Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3471, Ean Kade Cullefer , GEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 270 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2200, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellant.


We granted certiorari in this case, Hughes v. First Acceptance Ins. Co. of Ga., Inc., 343 Ga.App. 693, 808 S.E.2d 103 (2017), to review whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the grant of summary judgment to the insurer on the insured's...

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