Tatum v. Croswell
Cases that cite this one
12 later published cases cite this decision.
- Patterson v. Lauderback (Ga. Ct. App. 1994)
- Franklin v. Tackett (Ga. Ct. App. 1993)
- Smith v. Crump (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)
- Smith v. Crump (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)
- Pitts v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (Ga. Ct. App. 1973)
- Parker v. Bryan (Ga. Ct. App. 1957)
- Reynolds v. Satterfield (Ga. Ct. App. 1952)
- McRee v. Atlanta Paper Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1951)
- Cone v. Davis (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)
- Rogers v. McKinley (Ga. Ct. App. 1935)
- Coleman v. Newsome (Ga. 1934)
- Tatum v. Croswell (Ga. Ct. App. 1934)
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Opinion of the Court
1. The Court of Appeals certified the following question: “Where, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff by reason of 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 (which carrier is not a party to the action), is a refusal by the judge so to qualify -the jury reversible error, where the plaintiff does not affirmatively show that some of such jurors are employees of, stock
2. This court will not examine the evidence in the record for the purpose of determining whether an answer to the question is unnecessary to a decision of the case, on the theory that the verdict was demanded. Morgan County Bank v. Poullain, 157 Ga. 423 (121 S. E. 813, 33 A. L. R. 592).
Case-law data current through September 30, 2026. Source: CourtListener bulk data.