Shackleford v. Ridley

Shackleford v. Ridley.

Shackleford v. Ridley, 31 S.E.2d 429 (Ga. Ct. App. 1944)

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia · State Appellate Courts
Decided: September 20, 1944
Docket: No. 30601.
Judges: Felton, Button, Parker
Citations: 31 S.E.2d 42971 Ga. App. 5681944 Ga. App. LEXIS 388

Cited by 6

Opinion of the Court — Felton

Felton, J.

1. A charge on the subject of comparative negligence, which is not qualified by a statement of the principle of law that if the plaintiff’s negligence is equal to or greater than the defendant’s, the plaintiff can not recover, is erroneous.

Mitchell v. Mullen, 45

Ga. App.

282 (8) ( 164 S. E. 276 );

Brown v. Meikleham, 34

Ga. App.

207 ( 128 S. E. 918 ).

2. Where the evidence failed to supply facts from which it could reasonably be determined what the plaintiff’s damages by reason of loss of earning capacity were, a charge authorizing the jury to find any amount of damages because of loss of earning capacity was erroneous.

Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

v. Deal, 66

Ga. App.

211 ( 17 S. E. 2d, 592 ), and cit.

3. There is no merit in the third special ground of the motion for a new trial.

4. The court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Button, P. J., and Parker, J., concur.

*569 Hardin <& McCamy, for plaintiff in error.

W. Gordon Mann, Stafford Brooke, contra.

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City Council of Augusta v. Drawdy43 S.E.2d 569 (Ga. Ct. App. 1947)
Johnson v. Roberson77 S.E.2d 232 (Ga. Ct. App. 1953)
MacOn Academy Music Co. v. Carter50 S.E.2d 626 (Ga. Ct. App. 1948)
Little Ocmulgee Electric Membership Corp. v. Lockhart441 S.E.2d 796 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994)
Reynolds v. Rentz104 S.E.2d 608 (Ga. Ct. App. 1958)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Green106 S.E.2d 814 (Ga. Ct. App. 1958)

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Little Ocmulgee Electric Membership Corp. v. Lockhart441 S.E.2d 796 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Green106 S.E.2d 814 (Ga. Ct. App. 1958)
Reynolds v. Rentz104 S.E.2d 608 (Ga. Ct. App. 1958)
Johnson v. Roberson77 S.E.2d 232 (Ga. Ct. App. 1953)
MacOn Academy Music Co. v. Carter50 S.E.2d 626 (Ga. Ct. App. 1948)
City Council of Augusta v. Drawdy43 S.E.2d 569 (Ga. Ct. App. 1947)

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Authorities cited 3

Depth	Case	Cited by
	Brown v. Meikleham, 128 S.E. 918 (Ga. Ct. App. 1925)	16
	Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Deal, 17 S.E.2d 592 (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)	12
	Mitchell v. Mullen, 164 S.E. 276 (Ga. Ct. App. 1932)	12

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