Steiner v. Melvin

Smith, Judge.

Mr. and Mrs. Steiner, the appellants, brought a wrongful death action against Melvin following a traffic accident in which the appellants’ son was fatally injured. This appeal from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in the appellee’s favor contends that irrelevant evidence was admitted and that various portions of the charge were erroneous. We find no error and affirm.

The accident occurred in Fulton County on a notorious segment of Powers Ferry Road. Traffic crossing a narrow, one-lane, 500 foot bridge spanning the *98Chattahoochee River is controlled by traffic lights on each…