Nelson v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• where “[t]he record disclose[d] no evidence that the jury’s verdict in favor of appellee was based on the accident theory rather than a theory of comparative negligence,” this Court declined to reverse
• “No party may complain of the giving or the failure to give an instruction to the jury unless he objects thereto before the jury returns its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection.”
• any error in charging the jury on defense of accident did not rise to the level of substantial error, where “[t]he record disclose[d] no evidence that the jury’s verdict in favor of . . . [defendant] was based on the accident theory rather than a theory of comparative negligence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hooten v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-15· cited 59×
• Sanders v. Hughes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-22· cited 29×
• Hamrick v. Wood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-06-06· cited 21×
• Ray v. Stinson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-05-22· cited 17×
• Hap Farms, Inc. v. Heard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-13· cited 15×
• Henderson v. Glen Oak, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-05-23· cited 15×
• SMITH Et Al. v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-28· cited 12×
• Moore v. Sinclair
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-07-13· cited 10×
• Hartman v. Shallowford Community Hospital, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 8×
• Waller v. Rymer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-06· cited 7×
• Strickland v. Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-06-26· cited 7×
• Allen v. HIWASSEE LAND COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-11-14· cited 5×
• Wilkes v. Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-10-28· cited 5×
• Kirkland v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-11-15· cited 5×
• Davenport v. Yawn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-05· cited 3×
• Garmon v. Henriksen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-20· cited 3×
• William Michael Hinton as County Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Steusloff v. Stacy Finelli
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-03

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chadwick v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-12-05· cited 68×
• Christiansen v. Robertson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-10-06· cited 60×
• Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Luther
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-01-22· cited 34×
• Pierce v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-03-01· cited 30×
• Bailey v. Todd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-07-07· cited 29×
• Hunter v. Batton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-01-08· cited 25×
• Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Dendy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-01-28· cited 24×
• Simmons v. Edge
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-06-17· cited 16×
• Seabolt v. Cheesborough
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-10-10· cited 14×
• Dendy v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-07-06· cited 13×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-09-24· cited 10×
• Widener v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-02-11· cited 10×