Case Name: SHIVER v. NORFOLK-SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1998-04-16
Citations: 232 Ga. App. 282
Docket Number: A97A0115
Parties: SHIVER v. NORFOLK-SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Judges: Birdsong, P. J., and Ruffin, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 282–282

Head Matter:
A97A0115.
SHIVER v. NORFOLK-SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
(501 SE2d 832)
Decided April 16, 1998.
Burge & Wettermark, F. Tucker Burge, Tom W. Thomas, for appellant.
J. Converse Bright, for appellee.

Opinion:
Eldridge, Judge.
In Shiver v. Norfolk-Southern R. Co., 269 Ga. 168 (496 SE2d 903) (1998), the Supreme Court reversed the holding of this Court's opinion in Shiver v. Norfolk-Southern R. Co., 225 Ga. App. 544 (484 SE2d 503) (1997). In our opinion, applying Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc., 256 Ga. 27 (343 SE2d 680) (1986), we found that because Shiver's sworn testimony conflicted with his prior unsworn statement to the claim agent, and because he offered no explanation for the conflict, the favorable portions of his sworn statement must be construed against him. The Supreme Court held that ruling to be error and found that the ruling in Prophecy Corp. applies only to self-contradictory testimony under oath. Therefore, we vacate our earlier opinion and adopt the opinion of the Supreme Court as our own.
When Prophecy Corp. is not applied in construing plaintiff's testimony, plaintiff's testimony under oath creates a jury question. Therefore, the trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendant must be reversed.
Judgment reversed.
Birdsong, P. J., and Ruffin, J., concur.