Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Melton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 8, 1962No. 39698PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Judge.
The sole question to be resolved here is whether or not at the time of the collision the defendant’s employee had deviated from his employment and whether the deviation, if any, was such as to authorize the court, as a matter of law, to conclude that the employee was not acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the collision.
One of the leading cases on deviation is Dawson Chevrolet v. Ford, 47 Ga. App. 312 (170 SE 306), which pointed out that if the servant steps aside from the master’s business, for however short a time, to do an act entirely disconnected with it,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Savannah Electric Co. v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Dawson Motor Co. v. PettyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Gomez v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Bunch v. McLeskeySupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Cooley v. TateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- West Point Pepperell, Inc. v. KnowlesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Veal v. PaulkCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- Davis Gas Co. v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Georgia Power Co. v. RabunCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Melton v. PrattCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964