Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company v. Jones

Gunter, Justice.

We granted this application for a writ of certiorari to review the decision and judgment of the Court of Appeals in Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Jones, 135 Ga. App. 362 (218 SE2d 36) (1975). We granted the writ for the purpose of determining whether the Court of Appeals committed error in affirming the grant by the trial court of a motion for directed verdict on the issue of liability in a rear-end vehicle collision case.

This court’s concern emanates from the apparent trend in the trial courts and the Court of Appeals to remove from the jury, and to place in trial judges…