Case Name: CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY/STRICKLAND GENERAL AGENCY, INC. et al. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1993-01-12
Citations: 207 Ga. App. 69
Docket Number: A92A1661
Parties: CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY/STRICKLAND GENERAL AGENCY, INC. et al. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Judges: Judgment affirmed. Pope, C. J., and Johnson, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 207
Pages: 69–69

Head Matter:
A92A1661.
CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY/STRICKLAND GENERAL AGENCY, INC. et al. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY.
(427 SE2d 66)
Decided January 12, 1993.
Crim & Bassler, Thomas S. Bechtel, Mitchell S. Evans, Joseph M. Murphey, for appellants.
Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Jan P. Cohen, F. Scott Young, for appellee.

Opinion:
Carley, Presiding Judge.
The relevant facts in this appeal are as follows: Ms. Carol Holder was injured while operating a borrowed vehicle. This vehicle was covered by a policy issued by appellant-plaintiff. Appellant paid no-fault benefits to Ms. Holder and took from her an assignment of her right to recover those benefits under a policy that had been issued to her parents by appellee-defendant. Pursuant to this assignment, appellant brought suit against appellee. The trial court granted appellee's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and appellant appeals.
Appellant is an insurer that provided no-fault benefits to Ms. Holder. Compare Santiago v. Safeway Ins. Co., 196 Ga. App. 480 (1) (396 SE2d 506) (1990) (wherein the assignee of the no-fault claim was a health-care provider and not a no-fault carrier). As an insurer that provided no-fault benefits to Ms. Holder, appellant cannot be subrogated to Ms. Holder's rights except in the two instances specified in former OCGA § 33-34-3 (d) (1). Neither of those two specified instances are applicable in the instant case. It follows, therefore, that the trial court correctly granted appellee's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.
Judgment affirmed. Pope, C. J., and Johnson, J., concur.