Tucker v. Star Laundry & Cleaners, Inc.

Eelton, Chief Judge.

As to the demurrers of the defendants Harris and the Star Laundry & Cleaners, Inc., we think the court properly sustained them. Negligence is not actionable unless it is the proximate or concurring proximate cause of the injuries received. Georgia Power Co. v. Blum, 80 Ga. App. 618, 628 (57 S. E. 2d 18); Southeastern Liquid Fertilizer Co. v. Mock, 92 Ga. App. 270 (88 S. E. 2d 531). Under the allegations of the petition Hands’ negligence in stopping his truck suddenly and without warning was not a concurring proximate cause of the injuries sued for. After the alleged…