Cooper v. Plott

Hall, Presiding Judge.

The Supreme Court of Georgia upon writ of certiorari has affirmed in part and reversed in part this court’s judgment in the above cases. See 121 Ga. App. 488 (174 SE2d 446) and 226 Ga. 647 (177 SE2d 82). The defendant was sued under the doctrine of respondeat superior for the negligence of his truck driver. In his defensive pleadings he ¿lleged that the truck was being controlled by a flagman. However, he admitted in his answers to interrogatories that the driver was an employee of his, working for him driving his truck, at the time of the collision. The trial court…