Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance v. Pat's Rentals, Inc.

Full title: GRAIN DEALERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. PAT'S RENTALS, INC. et al

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 2, 1998

508 S.E.2d 449 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998)

235 Ga. App. 63

Opinion

A97A2122.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 2, 1998.

Action on policy. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Hunter.

Bovis, Kyle Burch, William B. Barrickman, Jana B. Tabor, for appellant.

Chambers, Mabry, McClelland Brooks, Robert M. Darroch, Susan G. James, for appellees.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

In Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Pat's Rentals, 269 Ga. 691 ( 505 S.E.2d 729) (1998), the Supreme Court reversed the portion of this Court's opinion in Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Pat's Rentals, 228 Ga. App. 854 ( 492 S.E.2d 702) (1997), finding that punitive damages arising out of the claims for negligent hiring and retention were covered under Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company's policy of insurance. Therefore, we vacate that portion of our earlier opinion and adopt the opinion of the Supreme Court as our own.

Judgment reversed. Ruffin, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Harold R. Banke concur.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 2, 1998.