Legal Opinion

Purcell v. Hill

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 29, 1962No. 39816PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carlisle, Presiding 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 juiy. Montgomery v. Southern R. Co., 78 Ga. App. 370 (Id) (51 SE2d 66); Harvey v. Zell, 87 Ga. App. 280, 284 (1a) (73 SE2d 605). Unless the allegations of the petition set up facts from which reasonable minds cannot differ as to the cause of the injury, they are sufficient to carry the case to the jury. Bazemore v. McDougald…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Fields v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
  2. Bach v. Bragg Bros. & Blackwell Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  3. Long Construction Co. v. RyalsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. StaffordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  5. Beavers v. LeSueurSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Nathan v. DuncanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
  2. Garrett v. NationsBank, NA (South)Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Health Horizons, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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