Thurmond v. Saffo

Barnes, Judge.

Pennie Reid sued Waymond and Shirley Saffo for injuries she received as a result of being bitten by the Saffos’ German Shepherd-Chow mixed breed dog, Rocky. C. Brooks Thurmond, trustee of the bankrupt estate of Pennie Reid, appeals from the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendant. Because we find this case is controlled by our recent decision in Supan v. Griffin, 238 Ga. App. 404 (519 SE2d 22), we reverse.

A trial court should grant a motion for directed verdict “[i]f there is no conflict in the evidence as to any material issue and the evidence…