HARRIS, INC. v. BLACK

48842.

130 Ga. App. 867 (1974)

204 S.E.2d 779

HARRIS, INC. v. BLACK.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, Thomas B. Branch, III, for appellant.

William L. Gower, John McGuigan, Thomas H. Harper, Jr., for appellee.


STOLZ, Judge.

In this action by a customer against a restaurant operator for damages for injuries caused by the defendant's employee's allegedly having poured a pot of hot coffee over the plaintiff's back without provocation, the defendant appeals from the judgment on the verdict in the amounts of $3,000 compensatory damages and $8,000 exemplary damages and from the overruling of its motion for a new trial. Held:

1. The evidence as to how the plaintiff...

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