Court Opinion

ID: 9852011
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:22:59.035825+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:21.158896
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
The appellee contends that the opinion in the case sub judice is in conflict with the opinion in Gregory v. Schnurstein, 212 Ga. 497 (93 SE2d 680). The decision in that case was based upon splitting of a cause of action, and while it is applicable to successive actions brought to recover based upon one tortious act, yet where the parties agree by written contract to settle one facet of possible litigation and not all facets, it would be against public policy to extend such contract to matters admittedly outside such contract by the court rewriting the contract for them. The decision in Gregory v. Schnurstein, supra, which holds a contract to settle one element of damage arising as a result of a tort without settling all claims will bar an action for any other damages arising out of such tort is overruled as are other like cases.

Rehearing denied.