Payne v. Golden

245 Ga. 784 (1980)

267 S.E.2d 211

PAYNE

v.

GOLDEN.

35947.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued March 11, 1980.

Decided April 8, 1980.

W. E. Zachary, Sr., for appellant.

Oscar M. Smith, amicus curiae.

Guy M. Michaud, for appellee.

This court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Golden v. Payne, 152 Ga. App. 800 (264 SE2d 292) (1979).

We posed for resolution the following issue: When a plaintiff must produce an expert's opinion that the defendant was negligent in order to avoid the grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendant, must that plaintiff also produce said opinion in…