Legal Opinion

Parker v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 3, 1958No. 37053, 37054PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carlisle, Judge.

1. “Ordinarily questions of negligence, gross negligence, contributory negligence, and whose negligence was the proximate cause of an injury and related questions are for the jury alone, and the courts will decline to solve such questions on demurrer or by a decision on the general grounds of the motion for a new trial except in plain, palpable and indisputable cases.” Brown v. Binns, 87 Ga. App. 485 (2) (74 S. E. 2d 370); McGowan v. Camp, 87 Ga. App. 671, 674 (75 S. E. 2d 350). Gross negligence is the failure to exercise slight diligence. Slight diligence means that care…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hardwick v. FiggersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
  2. Collins v. Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
  3. Brown v. BinnsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
  4. McGowan v. CampCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Simmerson v. BlanksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  2. Harper v. PlunkettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  3. Smith v. Southeastern Stages, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1977
  4. Nix v. EnglishSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
  5. Wood v. OlsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961

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