Brеnda Ingram brought suit against Joe H. Peterson to recover for personal injury and property damage resulting from an automobile accident. Judgmеnt was entered on the jury’s verdict in favor of Peterson, and Ingram appeals following the denial of her motion for a new trial.
1. Appellant cоntends the verdict was contrary to the evidence and strongly against the weight of the evidence. Appellant’s vehicle was hit on the driver’s side by the car driven by appellee. The varying estimates appellant had given at the time of the collision regarding her speed at the time of impаct were adduced at trial. Although appellee had entered a guilty plea to the charge of failure to yield the right of way, he testified at this trial that he felt compelled to do so because he had been cited by the police. He also testified that prior to the acсident he slowed his vehicle at the traffic light at the intersection, came to an almost complete stop, and eased his car into the intersection to look for oncoming traffic before making a left turn. Despite appellee’s actions, and even though there was no obstruсtion blocking her view of the intersection, appellant testified that she did not see appellee’s car until the moment of impact. In addition, although appellant asserts in her brief that she sustained serious physical injuries, the transcript reveals that she was released from the emergеncy room after the collision in good condition, did not seek *889 further medical treatment until three or four weeks later, and did not lose any time from wоrk due to her injuries although her job as a laborer required heavy lifting and carrying.
We find that in view of this evidence, the trial court properly submitted both the issuе of negligence and that of damages to the jury, which returned a verdict in favor of appellee. “ ‘In the absence of legal error, an appellate court is without jurisdiction (or authority) to interfere with a verdict supported with some evidence, even where the verdict may be аgainst the preponderance of evidence.’ [Cit.]”
Stone v. Cook,
2. Our review of the record reveals that no objection was raised at trial to the trial сourt’s charges on the basic rules of the road, taken from OCGA § 40-6-180, and comparative negligence (other than the charge discussed in Division 3, infra, which аppellant characterizes as a charge on “contributory negligence”). “ ‘When a party fails to object to a jury charge at the timе of trial [s]he is precluded from alleging error on appeal as to that ground. (Cits.)’ [Cit.]”
Carrandi v. Sanders,
3. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s chargе on “contributory negligence.” The trial court charged the jury that “[i]f you should determine from the evidence that [appellant] failed to exerсise ordinary care for [her] own safety and that the failure on [her] part was the proximate cause of injury, then [appellant] could not recover.” Appellant argues that had the trial court included the word “sole” before the word “proximate,” the charge would have been рroper as a charge on causation, but that as given the charge was a charge on “contributory negligence,” which was confusing to the jury аnd prejudicial to appellant. We do not agree. Although it would have been preferable to include the word “sole,” as suggested by apрellant, viewing the charge as a whole, as we must, see
Clemons v. Atlanta Neurological Institute,
4. Unlike the situation in
Meacham v. Barber,
5. We cannot agree with appellant’s contentiоn that the trial court erred by denying her motion for a directed verdict as to the issue of liability. The standard of review for the denial of a motion for а directed verdict is the “any evidence” test.
Stratton Indus. v. Northwest Ga. Bank,
6. Appellant finally enumerates as error the trial court’s refusal to allow hеr to call as an adverse witness Taiman Howard, an adjuster for appellee’s insurance carrier. Appellant relies on OCGA § 24-9-81, which permits calling for the purpose of cross-examination an “agent of any person for whose immediate benefit [an] action is prosecuted оr defended” as authority for her assertion that Howard was an adverse witness. The record reveals, however, that appellee and the trial court were concerned that questioning Howard would inject into the proceedings the issues of insurance and a settlement offer proposed by Howard. Appellant’s counsel assured the court that he simply wanted to establish some facts through Howard, and would “not ask [Howard] a single thing thаt has to do . . . with his employment. . . or [the] compromise that he offered.” Appellant was permitted to question Howard freely on that basis, and eliсited all the information which counsel stated was desired. Appellant has shown no harm accruing to her from the court’s ruling that Howard must be called as appellant’s witness, nor has she shown that any difference in Howard’s testimony would have resulted had he been called as an adverse witness. Accordingly, we need not decide whether the trial court’s ruling that Howard was not an adverse witness pursuant to OCGA § 24-
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9-81 was erroneous. “It is an old and sound rule that error to be reversible must be harmful.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.)
Kolman, Inc. v. Burns,
Judgment affirmed.