THE SUGGESTED PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTION ON COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE IS NO LONGER GOOD LAW
Posted by H. Lee Pruett
Leaving aside, for the moment, the issue of whether the Georgia apportionment statute allows the jury to assign fault to a criminal assailant in premises liability cases alleging negligent security (see “Appellate courts to consider question of premises liability apportionment,” Daily Report, November 11, 2011), we need to point out a recent decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals which holds the pattern jury instruction on comparative negligence is incompatible with O.C.G.A. § 15-12-33 and no longer valid.