Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Whiddon
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 12, 1963No. 40144, 40145PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ebbrhardt, Judge.
Do the counts of the petition set out a cause of action against the defendant telephone company? A decision requires a consideration of what Judge Townsend called “the peculiarly perplexing rules of law relating to remote and superseding causes of injury.” Taylor v. Atlanta Gas Light Co., 93 Ga. App. 766, 768 (92 SE2d 709).
Initially, it is clear that the plaintiff here, being a highway traveler, fell within a class of persons to whom the defendant owed a duty to refrain from negligently obstructing the highway. Under the allegations of the petition, the negligence of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Williams v. GrierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Thomas v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Stanley v. SquadritoCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
- Poole v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
- Higginbotham v. Rome Railway & Light Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
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