Galvez v. Merelo

Appellants seek review of a final judgment, entered following a jury trial, awarding damages to appellee in a personal injury action. Among other issues, they argue that the trial court erroneously allowed a Georgia state trooper who had investigated the accident to testify, over objection, regarding his opinion as to the cause of the accident even though it had moments earlier ruled that the trooper would not be permitted to testify as an expert. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion when it overruled appellants’ objection to the trooper’s testimony regarding his opinion as…