Glenn McClendon Trucking Co. v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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• upholding a jury verdict awarding punitive damages to a plaintiff who was injured by a truck’s wheels when the truck driver knew that the wheels were not operating properly
• unless the injured party shows by evidence that the direct action statute applies, an insurer may not be joined as a party defendant with its insured
• charge on mitigation of damages not required where there was no evidence that plaintiffs failed to avoid any part of their damages
• injured party may pursue claim against insurer as a judgment creditor of the insured
• OCGA § 46-7-12 and identical provisions of § 46-7-58 do not simply provide for exception to general rule against joinder of insurer but actually provide basis for independent cause of action against insurer
• full concurrence as to Division 1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).