Allyn & Bacon Book Publishers v. Nicholson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, P. J.
The proximate cause of an injury may be two separate and distinct acts of negligence acting concurrently in causing the injury. O’Connor v. Brucker, 117 Ga. 451 (43 S. E. 731); Rollestone v. Cassirer, 3 Ga. App. 161 (59 S. E. 442); Kelly v. Georgia Railway & Power Co., 24 Ga. App. 439 (101 S. E. 401); Akin v. Brantley, 26 Ga. App. 326 (106 S. E. 214); Shermer v. Crowe, 53 Ga. App. 418 (3) (186 S. E. 224). While the causal connection between an act of negligence and a resulting injury is not broken by an intervening act which immediately causes the injury where this act can, in the exercise of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rollestone v. Cassirer & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- O'Connor v. BruckerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Shermer v. CroweCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Kelly v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
- Akin v. BrantleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
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