Slaton MacHine Sales, Inc. v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Webb, Judge.

This is the second appeal to this court arising from litigation involving a tractor-trailer collision on Interstate 75 near Perry on May 2,1972. For a statement of facts, see Owens-Illinois v. Bryson, 137 Ga. App. 78. Slaton here appeals from a verdict in favor of defendants in its suit for damage to its machinery against Owens-Illinois and its driver Rutherford.

1. The instant case was tried in March, 1975, two months before the suit brought by Bryson, Slaton’s driver, for personal injuries. Both cases were tried in the Superior Court of Clayton County before the same judge. In…