Mealey's (April 21, 2021, 8:34 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — In answering certified questions from the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court on April 19 determined that an auto insurer is not relieved of liability for bad faith under Georgia law even if the insurer was not provided with notice of a lawsuit filed against its insured and further determined that the insured can sue the insurer for bad faith before a judgment is entered in an underlying suit against the insured if the insurer refused to settle the underlying suit....