Court Opinion

ID: 9540309
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:14:30.154795+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:59:50.663345
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*782Felton, J.,
dissenting. I think the trial court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. Under certain circumstances a railroad may be liable to one occupying the position of the plaintiff in this case. Savannah, Florida & Western Ry. Co. v. Booth, 98 Ga. 20 (25 S. E. 928). However, I do not think there is any act of negligence proved against the railroad as respects the plaintiff here. I do not think it can be said that the railroad was under a duty to anticipate that the condition in which the freight car was when it was furnished to plaintiff’s employer would be the cause of the injury to anyone in any way, especially in the absence of notice to the railroad and a failure to cure the defect. If I am correct in this, there was no negligence proved against the railroad. The sole cause of the injury was the forcing of the door in a way which the railroad was not charged with the duty of anticipating. “The risk reasonably to be perceived defines the duty to be obeyed; it is the risk reasonably within the range of apprehension, of injury to another person, that is taken into account in determining the existence of the duty to exercise ordinary care.” 38 Am. Jur. p. 670. Gardner, J. concurs in this dissent.