Legal Opinion
Norris v. Atlanta & West Point Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 5, 1985No. 42298PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether the “doctrine of binding precedent” should be recognized in Georgia. We conclude that it should not.
Norris, an employee of Signal Delivery Service, Inc. (SDSI) drove a delivery truck on the tracks of the railroad. The truck was hit by a train. As the train braked and hit the truck, a crew member was injured. The crew member sued SDSI in the Superior Court of Fulton County, alleging that his back injury was caused by the negligence of SDSI’s employee Norris. SDSI defended on the theory that the injury was caused by failure of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sumner v. SumnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Gilmer v. PorterfieldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Stapleton v. PalmoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- McNeal v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Bray v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
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- Warner v. GermanCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- Akin v. PAFEC Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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