Preston v. SABETZAM

Phipps, Judge.

Robert Preston died after his motorcycle hit a median on Johnson Ferry Road in Cobb County. His parents, Richard and Johnnie Preston, brought a wrongful death action against Parham Sabetazm, alleging that he negligently and recklessly “drove his vehicle in such manner as to cause [Preston’s] motorcycle ... to collide with [the] median. . . Sabetazm claimed, among other things, that he and Preston were racing at the time of the collision, and he raised the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a defense verdict. Preston’s…