SMITH v. AMMONS

27015.

228 Ga. 855 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 866

SMITH et al. v. AMMONS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennet, Gilbert, Gilbert & Whittle, Wallace E. Harrell, for appellants.

J. S. Hutto & Associates, J. S. Hutto, Eugene Highsmith, Cowart, Sapp & Gale, George B. Cowart, Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, J. Bruce Welch, for appellees.


UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

This is a negligence case. The plaintiff sued her employer after a light fixture came loose from the ceiling and struck her. The jury awarded the plaintiff damages. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. We granted certiorari to review the trial court's charges on the master's duty to his employees in furnishing a place to work. Workmen's compensation is not involved in this case.

The trial judge charged the jury: (1) "Where...

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