Legal Opinion · Dissent

Fagan v. Atnalta, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 3, 1988No. 76518Published

1DissentDeen, Presiding Judge

“In the days of chivalry and knighthood, men of courage would joust for the love of a woman. Damsels in distress would be rescued by fearless knights. It was not only a duty, but an honor to give one’s life for one in imminent danger.
“The times have changed, like all things, and civilization bellows that chivalry is lost and gone, of another era. The final imprimatur that chivalry is lost in civilization is the courts of our society interpreting the laws to approve of cowardice and strike down the actions of a gallant knight in modern times, for almost having lost his life, in the aid of a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Flowers v. Slash Pine Electric Membership Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Lorie v. Standard Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Ginn v. Renaldo, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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