Legal Opinion
Felton v. Mercer
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 15, 1979No. 57073PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Presiding Judge.
Mr. James E. Felton, owner of Crowe’s Lounge in Augusta, Georgia, appeals from a verdict and judgment which awarded $15,000 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages to Mr. Andrew J. Mercer as a result of two blows inflicted upon Mr. Mercer by Mr. Felton with a sawed off "cue stick.”
On the date of this incident Mr. Mercer and two friends drove from Augusta to Atlanta and returned to Augusta. He estimated that he consumed approximately 20 alcoholic drinks (20 ounces) during the round trip. By his own admission, he was drunk. Mr. Mercer went to Crowe’s Lounge that…
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