Legal Opinion
Wright v. the Concrete Company
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 14, 1962No. 39753PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Russell, Judge.
Special ground 4 of the amended motion for new trial assigns error on the following excerpt from the charge: “An employee who knowingly assumes a dangerous position or goes to a place of danger at the instruction of his superior may have a right of action against his employer if he is injured as a result of being in that dangerous position or place, but as to third persons he must be held to have assumed that position or entered that place voluntarily.”
While the instructions given regarding the relationship between employer and employee would not be a complete statement of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Southland Butane Gas Co. v. BlackwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Roberts v. KingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
- Smith v. American Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
- Southern Cotton-Oil Co. v. GladmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Everett v. CleggSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Union Carbide Corp. v. HoltonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Jones v. CloudCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Clinton W. Tyler, Jr. v. Peel Corporation, Peihl Vankerhoof Corporation, and Peihl CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Leonardson v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Garrett v. NationsBank, NA (South)Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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