Case Name: PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. SIMS et al.; GULF INSURANCE COMPANY v. SIMS et al.; SIMS et al. v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY et al.; COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. SIMS et al.; AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY v. SIMS et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1974-09-06
Citations: 232 Ga. 787
Docket Number: 28958; 28959; 28963; 28964; 28965
Parties: PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. SIMS et al. GULF INSURANCE COMPANY v. SIMS et al. SIMS et al. v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY et al. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. SIMS et al. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY v. SIMS et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Gunter and Jordan, JJ., who dissent. Hall, J., disqualified.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 787–790

Head Matter:
28958.
28959.
28963.
28964.
28965.
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. SIMS et al. GULF INSURANCE COMPANY v. SIMS et al. SIMS et al. v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY et al. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. SIMS et al. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY v. SIMS et al.
Argued July 8, 1974
Decided September 6, 1974

Opinion:
Per curiam.
The opinion of the Court of Appeals in the above cases has been thoroughly reviewed by this court on certiorari and is affirmed. See Sims v. American Casualty Co., 131 Ga. App. 461 (206 SE2d 121).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Gunter and Jordan, JJ., who dissent. Hall, J., disqualified.
Rehearing denied September 24, 1974.
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Frank Love, Jr., Randall L. Hughes, James C. Rawles, for Providence Washington Ins. Co.
Shoob, McLain & Jessee, C. James Jessee, Jr., George E. Duncan, Jr., for Sims.
Gambrell, Russell, Killorin, Wade & Forbes, Edward W. Killorin, Richard L. Stumm, for American Cas. Co.
Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Albert H. Parnell, Alan F. Herman, J. Bruce Welch, for Commercial Union.
Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, Hugh Robinson, James A. Eichelberger, for Michigan Mut.
Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Charles M. Goetz, Jr., for Aetna Cas. & Surety Co. et al.
Henning, Chambers & Mabry, E. Speer Mabry, Ward D. Hull, for Aetna Ins. Co.
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, George W. Hart, for Continental Ins. Co.
Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Ezra Cohen, for Hartford.
A. Ed Lane, for American Home Assurance.
Lokey & Bowden, Glenn Frick, for Gulf Ins. Co.