49 Ga. App. 27 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1934
1. Where, on the trial of an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile of the defendant, it appears that the defendant carries liability insurance, and the plaintiff by timely motion requests the trial judge to qualify the jury by purging the panel of any and all persons who are employees of, stockholders in, or related to stockholders in the defendant’s insurance carrier, it is error for the court to refuse the request, although the insurance carrier is not a party to the action and the plaintiff does not affirmatively show that some of the jurors are employees of, stockholders in, or related to stockholders in the insurance carrier. Tatum v. Croswell, 178 Ga. 679 (174 S. E. 140).
2. The defendant contends that the above error is harmless and will not require the grant of a new trial, as the verdict in his favor was demanded. The only evidence upon the trial of the case as to the manner
3. The defendant can not raise the point that the amendment to the motion for a new trial, filed by the plaintiff, was not properly approved by the judge, the defendant having at the time acquiesced in the judge’s entertaining of the amended motion for a new trial. Lott v. Banks, 21 Ga. App. 246 (94 S. E. 322).
4. It follows that the court erred in overruling the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.