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· 2/16/1981

Whitaker v. Krestmark of Alabama, Inc.

Citations

  • 278 S.E.2d 116
  • 157 Ga. App. 536
  • 1981 Ga. App. LEXIS 1899

How courts have described this case

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

  • Alabama driver enroute to Georgia to make a delivery who had an accident in Alabama not subject to long-arm jurisdiction of Georgia
  • the personal injury cause of action arose out an accident that occurred in Alabama with a truck driven by defendant company’s employee on its way to Georgia to make deliveries for the defendant company, which was a resident of Alabama
  • the personal injury cause of action arose out an accident that occurred in Alabama with a truck driven by defendant company's employee on its way to Georgia to make deliveries for the defendant company, which was a resident of Alabama
  • “[I]t is unquestioned that in the present case both the allegedly tortious act and the resulting injury occurred within ... Alabama. ... Accordingly, subsections [two] and [three] of the Long Arm statute are not applicable and [the Court cannot hinge jurisdiction on these sections.]”
  • limiting the application of subsection (1) to contract actions

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Judges: Deen, Banke, Carley

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