Legal Opinion
Widner v. Brookins, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 19, 1999No. A98A2051PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
Betrice Widner suffered injuries when her car fell into a trench that had been dug across a public road to lay a telephone cable. Bell South Telecommunications, Inc. had contracted with appellee Brook-ins, Inc. to lay the cable, and Brookins, in turn, had sub-contracted with Pro Grassing & Grading, Inc. to perform the actual work. Betrice Widner and her husband, William O. Widner, sued Bell South and Brookins, and Brookins filed a third-party complaint against Pro Grassing.
This is the second appearance of this matter before this Court. In Bell South Telecommunications v.…
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