Central of Georgia Railroad Company v. Swindle

Full title: CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. SWINDLE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Feb 4, 1991

402 S.E.2d 806 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991)

198 Ga. App. 474

Opinion

A89A1024.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 4, 1991.

F.E.L.A. Muscogee State Court. Before Judge Johnson.

Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis Rothschild, Richard Y. Bradley, Robert C. Martin, Jr., for appellant.

Butler McDonald, James E. Butler, Jr., C. Frederick Overby, for appellee.

CARLEY, Judge.

In Central of Ga. R. Co. v. Swindle, 194 Ga. App. 24 ( 389 S.E.2d 779) (1989), we affirmed the judgment that was entered on the jury's verdict in favor of appellee-plaintiff in this Federal Employers' Liability Act case. However, the Supreme Court granted appellant-defendant's application for a writ of certiorari and reversed our holding. Central of Ga. R. Co. v. Swindle, 260 Ga. 685 ( 398 S.E.2d 365) (1990). Accordingly, the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this court and the judgment of the trial court is hereby reversed.

Judgment reversed. McMurray, P. J., and Beasley, J., concur.

CARLEY, Judge.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 4, 1991.