HICKS v. NEWMAN

No. A06A2119.

641 S.E.2d 589 (2007)

HICKS et al. v. NEWMAN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

January 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney L. Allen, Allen & Forehand, for appellant.

Robert B. Langstaff, Jr., Albany, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Following an automobile collision, Bobby Gene Hicks and Mary Lee Hicks (collectively, "the Hickses") sued Donald Newman, the owner of the vehicle involved in the collision. After discovering that Newman's adult son, Benjamin, was driving the vehicle, the Hickses amended their complaint, seeking to hold Newman liable under the family purpose doctrine. Newman moved for summary judgment on the basis that the doctrine was inapplicable. The trial court granted...

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