Whelchel v. Thomas Ford Tractor, Inc.

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant/plaintiff filed notice of direct appeal “from the Order denying Plaintiff’s Motion for New Trial.” His motion for new trial was based on the general grounds, and was subsequently amended to include assertions of error, by admitting over objection, evidence of collateral source and by charging the jury as to the collateral source rule of OCGA § 51-12-1 (b).

Appellant/plaintiff was injured in an accident while driving a tractor with a cutter, which had been sold and connected together by appellee several years earlier. The injury occurred on May 7, 1982; pursuant to…