Court Opinion

ID: 9591278
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:03:22.207946+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:09.308110
License: Public Domain

Hill, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the opinion and judgment of the court. I would prefer that the application for insurance required by OCGA § 33-34-5 (b) be contained in the record, so that we would know positively that Ms. Banks rejected the optional property damage provided by OCGA § 33-34-5 (a) (3), and instead chose the traditional collision coverage offered by Nationwide. However, that application is not in this record, and the record which is before us shows that Ms. Banks was paid under her collision coverage.
In reaching this result, I do so upon the .assumption that when this case is remanded to the Court of Appeals, it will consider a matter not decided by this court, namely whether the trial court erred insofar as it denied Ms. Banks’ right to recover her $100 deductible, plus possibly punitive damages.