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MACON-BIBB COUNTY HOSP. AUTH. v. APPLETON

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123 Ga. App. 445 (1971)

181 S.E.2d 522

MACON-BIBB COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. APPLETON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 9, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Russell & Watkins, Philip R. Taylor Joseph H. Chambless, for appellant.

Melton, McKenna & House, Andrew W. McKenna, Buckner F. Melton, for appellee.

JORDAN, Presiding Judge.

1. "In the absence of anything to the contrary, every adult is presumed to possess ordinary intelligence, judgment, and discretion. Hendrix v. Vale Royal Mfg. Co., 134 Ga. 712 (68 SE 483)." Edwards v. Atlanta, B. & C. R. Co., 63 Ga.App. 212, 215 (10 S.E.2d 449). "Certainly, a man cannot heedlessly rush into grave peril of the existence of which he is perfectly aware, and then hold anyone else, whether negligent or not, responsible...

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