Case Name: TUCK v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1974-04-23
Citations: 131 Ga. App. 807
Docket Number: 49229
Parties: TUCK v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al.
Judges: Bell, C. J., and Quillian, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 131
Pages: 807–808

Head Matter:
49229.
TUCK v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al.

Opinion:
Clark, Judge.
Is a standard form agreement dealing with workmen's compensation bearing the board's approval valid when signed only by the employee and by the employer's insurance carrier? The answer is "Yes." The insurer is considered to be the alter ego of its insured, the employer. Mull v. Aetna Cas. &c. Co., 20 Ga. App. 791 (172 SE2d 147); Yancey v. Green, 129 Ga. App. 705 (201 SE2d 162). Additionally, in defining "Employer" the statute provides "If the employer is insured, this term [employer] shall include his insurer as far as applicable." Code Ann. § 114-101.
Argued April 1, 1974
Decided April 23, 1974
Rehearing denied May 15, 1974
Robert T. Efurd, Jr., W. C. Dominy, for appellant.
Charles L. Drew, for appellees.
Judgment affirmed.
Bell, C. J., and Quillian, J., concur.
This opinion from one noted for "Legal Logorrhea" is aimed to match those of my colleagues who possess the charism of simplification.