Trawick v. Jackson

Oct 3, 1988
77384
Reporters:
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Before:
Deen
,Deen, Presiding Judge.

In this action for damages arising from a motor vehicle collision, a ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍jury returned a verdict and award in favor of the plaintiff. The trial court, however, granted the defendants’ motion for new trial, and following the new trial ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍the jury rendered a verdict against one defendant but in favor of two other defendants. The appellant now attacks the trial court’s grant of the motion for ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍new trial, which was based on the general grounds. “[T]he first grant of a new trial to either party is not to be reversed by an appellate ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍court unless the verdict set aside by the trial court was absolutely demanded.” Holton v. Jones, 174 Ga. App. 654, 655-56 (331 SE2d 26) (1985). The original verdict set ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‍aside by the trial court was not absolutely demanded.

Judgment affirmed.

Carley and Sognier, JJ., concur.