Brown v. Garcia

Smith, Judge.

This is an action for damages incurred as the result of an automobile collision. The jury awarded plaintiff/appellant $1,500. This appeal arises from the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion for a new trial on the general grounds in which she also contended that the trial court erred in charging as to comparative negligence. We affirm.

1. Appellant contends that since the intersection where the accident occurred was controlled by a properly operating traffic light, a charge on the theory of comparative negligence was error, citing Tallent v. McKelvey, 105 Ga. App. 660, 663…