Legal Opinion
Porch v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 30, 1967No. 42741, 42742, 42743, 42744PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pannell, Judge.
1. “Negligence” or “actionable negligence” as a legal term has received various definitions. See Southern R. Co. v. Chatman, 124 Ga. 1026, 1031 (53 SE 692, 6 LRS (NS) 283, 4 AC 675). “It is relative and can have no existence apart from some duty expressly or impliedly imposed. Before negligence can be predicated upon a given act, some duty to the individual complaining must be sought and found, the observance of which duty would have averted or avoided the injury or damage. This duty, the violation of which constitutes actionable negligence, may arise in various ways.” Southern…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. ChatmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Whitaker v. Jones, McDougald, Smith, Pew Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- New York Life Insurance v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. RylesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Atlanta Baseball Co. v. LawrenceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
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3Cited by9 opinions
- City of Douglasville v. QueenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Brown v. SheffieldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- Cechman v. TravisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Whitlock v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
- Aretz v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1977
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