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YANDLE v. ALEXANDER

42956.

116 Ga. App. 165 (1967)

156 S.E.2d 504

YANDLE v. ALEXANDER et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Whatley, for appellant.

Sharpe, Sharpe & Hartley, T. Ross Sharpe, for appellees.

EBERHARDT, Judge.

While the evidence may well have authorized a charge by the court on the matter of whether plaintiff had exercised ordinary care for her own safety in driving into the intersection (Palmer v. Stevens, 115 Ga.App. 398 (154 S.E.2d 803)), we do not think it authorized the direction of a verdict upon the ground of assumption of risk (which is a different, though closely related, principle of law) or otherwise.

Assumption of risk is well...

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