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THOMPSON v. THOMPSON

No. S04G0766.

605 S.E.2d 30 (2004)

278 Ga. 752

THOMPSON v. THOMPSON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynolds & McArthur, Charles M. Cork III, Macon, for appellant.

Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, John K. Train IV, Claire C. Murray, Atlanta, for appellees.

SEARS, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the trial court erred in charging the jury that proximate cause is "sometimes called the dominant cause."1 The Court of Appeals noted that the use of the phrase "dominant cause" had been disapproved in this State, but it found no reversible error in the use of the phrase in this case. Because we conclude that the use of the dominant cause language was error...

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