Legal Opinion

Deere & Co. v. Brooks

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 25, 1983No. 39099Published

1Opinion of the Court

250 Ga. 517 (1983)

299 S.E.2d 704

DEERE & COMPANY

v.

BROOKS et al.

39099.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 25, 1983.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1983.

Edmund A. Landau, Jr., for appellant.

Jesse G. Bowles III, Jack G. Slover, Jr., for appellees.

MARSHALL, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari in this product-liability case to determine whether, as held by the Court of Appeals, the trial court's charge to the jury on the issue of assumption of risk was error. Brooks v. Douglas, 163 Ga. App. 224 (292 SE2d 911) (1982). We conclude that it was not. We therefore reverse the judgment of the Court…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Center Chemical Co. v. ParziniSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Ford Motor Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Deere & Co. v. BrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. Brooks v. DouglasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  5. Brooks v. DouglasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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