Vanderbreggen v. Hodge

171 Ga. App. 868 (1984)

321 S.E.2d 218

VANDERBREGGEN et al.

v.

HODGE.

68117.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1984.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1984.

Rex D. Smith, Jane Reed, for appellants.

Larry Cohran, for appellee.

BANKE, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff's attorney, apparently discouraged about the prospects of his client's personal injury action as the result of a question asked by a member of the jury during its deliberations, prepared a hand-written, voluntary dismissal, which he presented to the court for filing after he had received notice that the jury was prepared to announce its…