PRESCOTT'S ALTAMA DATSUN v. MONARCH INS. CO.

41071.

253 Ga. 317 (1984)

319 S.E.2d 445

PRESCOTT'S ALTAMA DATSUN, INC. v. MONARCH INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry A. Dillard, Daniell S. Landers, for appellant.

Kent, Barrow & Royal, A. Martin Kent, Skinner, Wilson, Strickland, Hardy & Benson, John V. Skinner, Gilbert, Gilbert, Whittle, Harrell, Gayner & Scarlett, John M. Gayner III, for appellee.


HILL, Chief Justice.

May a liability insurer, by its conduct relative to the defense of a lawsuit against its former insured, cause an expired policy of insurance to be in effect as to an accident occurring after expiration of the policy? The Court of Appeals held that a liability insurer's conduct in defending a lawsuit against its former insured could never revive an expired policy. We granted certiorari. Prescott's Altama Datsun v. Monarch Ins. Co. of Ohio,...

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