FEW v. WEEKES

43511.

118 Ga. App. 190 (1968)

162 S.E.2d 884

FEW v. WEEKES, Administrator.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 27, 1968.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poole, Pearce & Cooper, George W. Bryan, Jr., Robert R. Smith, for appellant.

Long, Weinberg & Ansley, Ben L. Weinberg, Jr., John K. Dunlap, for appellee.


PANNELL, Judge.

1. There is no liability on the part of an operator of a motor vehicle who, while driving, is suddenly and unexpectedly stricken by some illness, such as a fainting spell, or a heart attack, which renders him unconscious or incapable of controlling the vehicle, the lack of control of which is the proximate cause of injury to another, and where the driver had no cause to anticipate such illness, fainting spell or heart attack at the time and place under...

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