East Side Auto Parts, Inc. v. Wilson

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Appeal was taken in this case by the defendant from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding for the plaintiff in the amount of $16,500. The plaintiff had sought damages for injuries he sustained by virtue of the defendant’s alleged negligence. Held:

1. It is contended that the plaintiff was precluded from recovering because he failed to exercise ordinary care for his own safety, in that he voluntarily placed himself in a position of peril and assumed the risk of his exposure thereto. Taylor v. Morgan, 54 Ga. App. 426, 430 (188 SE 44); Beasley v. Elder, 88 Ga.…