Supreme Court of Georgia, 1995

Bozeman v. Liberty National Life Insurance

Bozeman v. Liberty National Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided October 16, 1995 · Fletcher
265 Ga. 757; 462 S.E.2d 376

Bozeman v. Liberty National Life Insurance

Opinion of the Court

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Debra Carol Bozeman was injured on October 7, 1992, while working for Liberty National Life Insurance Company. She filed a declaratory judgment challenging the constitutionality of OCGA § 34-9-11.1, the workers’ compensation subrogation statute, as enacted in 1992.1 The Georgia General Assembly amended the statute in 1995 and provided that subsection (c) should apply retroactively to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1992.2 Because this recent enactment changed the major provision that Bozeman is challenging, we remand this case for the trial court to consider the effect of the 1995 Act on Bozeman’s petition.

Judgment vacated and case remanded with direction.

All the Justices concur.

See OCGA § 34-9-11.1 (1992); Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 2.

See OCGA § 34-9-11.1 (Supp. 1995); Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 13.

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