Gray v. Elias

Ruffin, Judge.

Johnny Elias sued Gregory Gray for injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Gray did not answer the complaint, and admitted being in default, but requested a jury trial on the issue of damages only. The jury returned a verdict for Elias in the amount of $300,000. On appeal, Gray contends that the trial court erred in failing, sua sponte, to charge the jury on the definition of proximate cause. Because such failure did not constitute a substantial error that was harmful as a matter of law, we affirm.

Elias testified at trial that he was a deputy sheriff with the Muscogee…