Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Hypes
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 16, 2005No. A04A2387PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
Mark and Charlotte Stephens filed the underlying personal injury and loss of consortium action against Lonnie Hypes, as the administrator of the estate of Jammie Marie Hypes Stephenson, following a traffic accident in which Mark Stephens was injured and Jammie Stephenson was killed. The jury returned a defense verdict. The Stephenses appeal, arguing that the trial court erred in charging the jury on the doctrine of sudden emergency. Finding no error, we affirm.
The record shows that on the morning of August 11, 2000, Mark Stephens was riding in the front passenger seat of a Ford…
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