Seven Hills Security, Inc. v. Dillingham

I agree with the majority opinion that the instant case is controlled by this court’s recent decision of Griffin v. Ga. Power Co., 186 Ga. App. 565 (367 SE2d 832) (1988), in which this writer was one of the five judges constituting the majority vote. Upon further consideration of the issue presented by Griffin and the instant case, however, I am now convinced that the dissenting opinion in Griffin states the better rule.

Monroe v. Sigler, 256 Ga. 759 (353 SE2d 23) (1987), states a hard and fast rule, i.e, denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal constitutes a binding…