Rouse v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Barnes, Judge.

In MARTA v. Rouse, 279 Ga. 311 (612 SE2d 308) (2005), the Supreme Court reversed our decision in Rouse v. MARTA, 266 Ga. App. 619 (597 SE2d 650) (2004), holding that

a common carrier, in exercising extraordinary care, must stay informed of safety advances in product design, but is not held to a per se rule that requires those carriers to buy and incorporate those safety advances into previously-purchased, non-defective products. The carrier need not necessarily utilize the most approved pattern in use up to that time.

(Citation and punctuation omitted.) MARTA v. Rouse, supra, 279…