Associated Transports, Inc. v. Greeson

There is nothing in the petition to show that the plaintiff was negligent in any particular. The fact that the host driver may have been guilty of such negligence as would bar a recovery by him does not necessarily bar recovery by the plaintiff guest. A. C. L. R. Co. v. Coxwell, 93 Ga. App. 159 (2) (91 S. E. 2d 135). Gross negligence in itself does not necessarily and as a matter of law amount to proximate cause. Ga. Power Co. v. Blum, 80 Ga. App. 618 (57 S. E. 2d 18). It can not be said as a matter of law that the sudden and “violent” stopping of the truck without the giving of proper…