Darlington Corp. v. Pinch

Eberhardt, Judge.

“The testimony . . . does not by any stretch of the imagination show that the doors were not suited to the use to which they were put, or that they . . . were dangerous. The evidence does not authorize the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur for the reason that mechanical devices, such as the one here involved, get out of working order, and sometimes become dangerous and cause injury without negligence on the part of anyone. Any other ruling would make the occupier of the premises an insurer.” Quick Shops, Inc. v. Oldham, 100 Ga. App. 551, 556 (111 SE2d 920).…