Legal Opinion

Sutherland's Eggs, Inc. v. Barber

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 5, 1967No. 42931PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Judge.

“Questions of negligence, of contributory negligence, of cause and proximate cause, and of whose negligence or of what negligence constitutes the proximate cause of an injury are, except in plain, palpable and indisputable cases, solely for the jury.” Long Constr. Co. v. Ryals, 102 Ga. App. 66 (1) (115 SE2d 726). However, in the case sub judice the evidence disclosed that the plaintiff was completely free of any act of negligence. The defendant driver testified in part: that he was following the plaintiff’s automobile at a distance of approximately “two car lengths” at a speed…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Malcom v. MalcolmCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  2. Long Construction Co. v. RyalsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
  3. Pike v. StaffordCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Johnson v. CurentonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
  3. Malone v. OttingerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  4. Harper v. PlunkettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  5. Glaze v. BaileyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973

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