Legal Opinion
Powell v. Alan Young Homes, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 2, 2001No. A01A1373PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
In her suit for the wrongful death of her husband, Catherine Powell files this appeal following a jury verdict in favor of Alan Young Homes, Inc. (AYH). She contends that the trial court erred by excluding her testimony at trial regarding conversations that she had with her husband prior to his death, and by allowing AYH to assert assumption of risk and contributory and comparative negligence as defenses at trial. We discern no reversible error and affirm.
Johnny Powell, a sales manager at AYH, was killed during an after-hours fish fry held at AYH on May 19, 1998. Several AYH…
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