BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES v. PITTS

No. A99A0443.

520 S.E.2d 539 (1999)

239 Ga. App. 26

BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF GEORGIA, INC. v. PITTS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Oldenburg, Peachtree City, for appellant.

Joan P. Davis, Marietta, for appellee.


McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Marjorie Pitts was severely injured after her car struck a residential trash container that rolled into her oncoming car's traffic lane. This appeal followed entry of a favorable judgment for Pitts on a $200,000 jury verdict against the City of Canton's ("the City") waste management contractor, Browning-Ferris Industries of Georgia, Inc. ("BFI"). We affirm because the evidence authorizes the jury...

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