Court Opinion

ID: 9581498
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:15:30.748863+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:37:00.119524
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Gregory, Justice,
dissenting.
The majority would relieve Marietta Wrecker Service from liability for loss of the truck on the basis the theft of the truck was not reasonably foreseeable. I do not agree with this view. As between the owner of personal property and one who converts that property, under the circumstances of this case, I believe the converter should be held absolutely liable for loss of the property. The law should require it to be returned or its value paid. Questions of negligence or foreseeability should not affect the outcome.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Justice Clarke and Justice Hunt join in this dissent.