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STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WEATHERS

S90G0337.

260 Ga. 123 (1990)

392 S.E.2d 1

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WEATHERS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent & Rackett, A. Martin Kent, for appellant.

Clarence L. Martin, Arthur L. Cooper, Tom A. Edenfield, for appellees.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Guerry R. Moore, William P. Claxton, William S. Stone, Winburn, Lewis & Barrow, Frank J. Beltran, amici curiae.

HUNT, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to consider whether an insurance company is liable for punitive damages to its insured under uninsured motorist coverage. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Weathers, 193 Ga.App. 557 (388 S.E.2d 393) (1989). In Weathers, a panel of the Court of Appeals ruled that where the uninsured tortfeasor is known and subject to the...

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