Court Opinion

ID: 9585813
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:04:08.581782+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:24:15.275958
License: Public Domain

Deen, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
“In the days of chivalry and knighthood, men of courage would joust for the love of a woman. Damsels in distress would be rescued by fearless knights. It was not only a duty, but an honor to give one’s life for one in imminent danger.
“The times have changed, like all things, and civilization bellows that chivalry is lost and gone, of another era. The final imprimatur that chivalry is lost in civilization is the courts of our society interpreting the laws to approve of cowardice and strike down the actions of a gallant knight in modern times, for almost having lost his life, in the aid of a damsel in distress.”
So begins the appellant’s ardent and articulate impassioned brief in support of his motion for rehearing. While the appellant’s nostalgic attitude appears to abandon the ancient adage that “virtue is its own reward” in favor of a suit for damages by a patron against “The Beer Mug,” it nevertheless provokes reconsideration of our original decision in the appeal. Upon reconsideration, I am persuaded that the doctrine of rescue, as stated in Lorie v. Standard Oil Co., 186 Ga. App. 753, 755 (368 SE2d 765) (1988), and Flowers v. Slash Pine &c. Corp., 122 Ga. App. 254, 258 (176 SE2d 542) (1970), is applicable in this case and contraindicates summary judgment for the appellee. Compare this occurrence with Ginn v. Renaldo, Inc., 183 Ga. App. 618, 620 (359 SE2d 390) (1987), where a patron, initially an invitee, subsequently became a trespasser, sustained injuries when someone slammed a door on his hand, and brought suit against the nightclub.