Bibb County v. McDaniel, No. 47441
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
| Writing for the Court | DEEN; EBERHARDT, P.J., and CLARK |
| Citation | 127 Ga.App. 129,192 S.E.2d 544 |
| Parties | BIBB COUNTY v. Sarah T. McDANIEL et al |
| Decision Date | 25 September 1972 |
| Docket Number | No. 47441,No. 3 |
Page 544
v.
Sarah T. McDANIEL et al.
Page 545
Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, G. Thomas Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, for appellant.J. M. Grubbs, Jr., Adele Platt, Marietta, for McDaniel.
Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, Burt DeRieux, Alfred B. Adams, III, Atlanta, for Southern R. Co.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
[127 Ga.App. 129] DEEN, Judge.
1. The defendant Bibb County appeals from the denial of its motion to dismiss the complaint as to it, accompanied by a certificate as follows: 'The court hereby certifies that this ruling is of such importance that the court certifies it for immediate appeal to the appellate courts of this State.' This language is substantially that specified by Code Ann. § 6-701(a)(2) and the motion to dismiss the appeal is denied. State Highway Dept. v. Lord, 123 Ga.App. 178(1), 179 S.E.2d 780; Hodge v. Dixon, 119 Ga.App. 397, 167 S.E.2d 377 (dissent).
2. The plaintiff-appellee is the widow of the deceased McDaniel, a passenger in an automobile driven by the defendant Overton, both men being employees of the defendant Southern Railway Company. The petition expresses its intention of seeking recovery from the employer under the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, and alleges that the negligence of Overton, a fellow servant, in running off a highway combined with the negligence of the county in improper maintenance of a guardrail as part of an approach to a bridge located within the county. The county contends that the case is illegally proceeding against it because no joinder is permissible against is based on negligence resulting from the violation of a duty imposed on it by state law [127 Ga.App. 130] in conjunction with an action against the railroad based on F.E.L.A. statutes because the legal duties of these defendants toward the deceased are not the same. In support of this contention it cites Lee v. Central of Ga. R. Co., 147 Ga. 428, 94 S.E.2d 558, affd. 252 U.S. 109, 40 S.Ct. 254, 64 L.Ed. 482 where it was held that one could not join a defendant employer interstate carrier under F.E.L.A. with an employee train engineer because 'to join defendants in one suit they must owe the same duty.' The U.S. Supreme Court on certiorari affirmed on the sole basis that only a state procedural...
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