Ashbaugh v. Trotter

Ingram, Justice.

Certiorari was originally granted in this case "to review the question of the age at which a child can be chargeable with [primary] negligence or contributory [or comparative] negligence, and to re-examine the holdings in.. .Hatch v. O’Neill, 231 Ga. 446 (202 SE2d 44); Brady v. Lewless, 124 Ga. App. 858 (186 SE2d 310); and Red Top Cab Co., Inc. v. Cochran, 100 Ga. App. 707 (112 SE2d 229).” The decision of the Court of Appeals in this case is reported at 137 Ga. App. 378 (224 SE2d 42) (1976). Essentially, it holds that "a child plaintiff of the age of six years and three months…