AMERICAN MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY v. Jones

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellee brought this action seeking recovery for injuries he suffered in a mishap at his place of employment. The theory under which he sued appellants, insurers of appellee’s employer, was that enunciated in Sims v. American Cas. Co., 131 Ga. App. 461 (206 SE2d 121): negligent performance of safety inspection. At trial, after the presentation of appellee’s evidence and again at the close, of all the evidence, appellants moved for directed verdicts, contending that the essential element of reliance had been disproved by appellee’s own testimony. The trial court…