NORRIS v. ATLANTA & WEST POINT R. CO.

42298.

254 Ga. 684 (1985)

333 S.E.2d 835

NORRIS v. ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood, Moore & Grant, L. Lin Wood, Jr., John O. Moore, Burdine & Brown, Thomas F. Brown II, for appellant.

Sanders, Mottolla, Haugen & Goodson, Willis G. Haugen, A. Mitchell Powell, Jr., for appellee.

Alton D. Kitchings, Manley F. Brown, David N. Rainwater, amici curiae.


CLARKE, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether the "doctrine of binding precedent" should be recognized in Georgia. We conclude that it should not.

Norris, an employee of Signal Delivery Service, Inc. (SDSI) drove a delivery truck on the tracks of the railroad. The truck was hit by a train. As the train braked and hit the truck, a crew member was injured. The crew member sued SDSI in the Superior Court of Fulton County, alleging that...

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