Brinks, Inc. v. Robinson

I respectfully dissent, as I cannot agree with Division 1 of the majority opinion. The majority concludes joinder was improper because the defendants were not joint tortfeasors and “[t]he two separate accidents are insufficiently connected to constitute a ‘series of occurrences’ giving rise to plaintiff’s claims.”

No bright-line rule exists regarding permissive joinder, and in my view, this was an appropriate case for permissive joinder of the two defendants and the application of OCGA § 9-11-20 (a). Robinson’s claims arose out of a “series of occurrences”: a collision with a Brinks truck on…