SOUTHERN BAKERIES COMPANY v. White
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Frankum, Judge.
Although the evidence was in conflict, there was sufficient evidence to authorize the jury to find that the defendant’s agent was operating its truck without a proper tail lamp in violation of Code Ann. § 68-1705 (a), and that suc'h negligence was the proximate cause of the collision whereby the plaintiff’s vehicle struck the rear of the defendant’s slowly moving truck on a dark, foggy morning. Our view of the instant case is that it was a question for the jury to determine whether the proximate cause of the collision was the plaintiff’s failure to exercise ordinary care and…
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