REID v. MORRIS

S20A0107.

845 S.E.2d 590 (2020)

REID v. MORRIS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Jackson Harrison , Monge & Associates, 8205 Dunwoody Place Building 19, Atlanta, Georgia 30350, for Appellant.

Keith S. Stroud , 207 AZ Kelsey Avenue, Griffin, Georgia 30223, Lakenin Morris , 364 N 19th Street Apartment B, Griffin, Georgia 30223, for Appellee.

William Wright Banks , Andrew Alan Pinson , Christopher M. Carr , Ross Warren Bergethon , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Dennis R. Dunn , 1186 Timothy Terrace, Tucker, Georgia 30084, David Norton Nelson , Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP, P.O. Box 18086, Macon, Georgia 31209, Jeffrey S. Ward , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 777 Gloucester Street Suite 305, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Elissa Blache Haynes , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE Suite 3500, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , Balch & Bingham, LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard , N.W. Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Other Party.

James Darren Summerville , Anna Green Cross , Maxwell Kent Thelen , The Summerville Firm, LLC, 1226 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, for Amicus Appellant.


At about 5:00 p.m. on September 1, 2016, Lakenin Morris was driving his older cousin Keith Stroud's car when he collided with a car driven by 18-year-old Alonzo Reid, sending Reid to the hospital. Morris had been drinking with Stroud, and Stroud asked Morris to drive his car and gave him the keys even though Morris was obviously...

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