Cultivating corn in early fall, Stowe Vermont, USA.Credit: Don Landwehrle/Adobe Stock Photo: Don Landwehrle/Adobe Stock

Should tractor classification in farmers' insurance policies be taken from the language of the policy itself or existing case law? That is the question Freeman Mathis & Gary attorney Philip Savrin brought to the Georgia Court of Appeals in oral arguments on Thursday on behalf of Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance.

The plaintiff-appellee, a farming company, originally sued Nationwide, seeking a declaration that their insurance policy provided uninsured motorist (UM) coverage for an accident involving one of their tractors, which they contend was insured for liability under the policy and because they never rejected such coverage in writing.

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