Butgereit v. Enviro-Tech Environmental Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that admissions of guilt in civil cases are conclusive if unrebutted
• reversing denial of plaintiffs’ motion for directed verdict when defendant failed to rebut prima facie showing of negligence established by his guilty plea for following too closely
• reversing denial of plaintiffs’ motion for directed verdict when defendant failed to rebut prima facie showing of negligence established by his guilty plea for following too closely
• error to charge on sudden emergency where defendant did not contend he had or considered a choice between what he did, which was to brake, and some other course of action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Layfield v. Department of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-07-06· cited 53×
• Hayes v. Crawford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-27· cited 20×
• SMITH Et Al. v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-28· cited 12×
• Stephens v. Hypes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-16· cited 11×
• ALMASSUD v. MEZQUITAL ; And Vice Versa.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-03-15· cited 7×
• MAXINEAU v. King
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-05-27· cited 5×
• Jackson v. Heard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-11· cited 3×
• Sawyer v. Marjon Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-16· cited 2×
• HEARD v. PAYNE Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-28· cited 1×
• Lingsch v. Walker
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2013-12-03
• KETRA RICE v. RICHARD KEVIN FRANCIS
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-02-04
• Krystle Hayes v. Terry Crawford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-27
• Leigh Smithwick v. Ross Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-10-18
• Sandra Pepper v. Grant Harley Thelen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-05-26

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• F. A. F. Motor Cars, Inc. v. Childers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-02-04· cited 53×
• J. B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-05· cited 25×
• Davis v. Calhoun
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-01-23· cited 23×
• Gray v. Alterman Real Estate Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-07-03· cited 14×
• Thomas v. Stairs
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-21· cited 12×
• Epps v. Hin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-15· cited 10×
• Coleman v. Fortner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-19· cited 9×
• Roberts v. Ledbetter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-30· cited 8×
• Robert Stoval Family, L. P. v. Carroll County Water Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-04-16· cited 7×
• Rayfield v. Farris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-07· cited 7×
• Gibson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-08-10· cited 2×