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COWART v. WIDENER

No. S09G1177.

697 S.E.2d 779 (2010)

COWART et al. v. WIDENER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins & Murray, Charles C. Stebbins III, Augusta, for appellants.

Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Henry E. Scrudder, Jr., Atlanta; Fortson, Bentley & Griffin, J. Edward Allen, Jr., Athens; Fulcher Hagler, John A. Davison, Amy R. Snell, Charles C. Mayers, Augusta, for appellees.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

The plaintiffs in this wrongful death case are Roby E. Cowart, Sr.'s estate and his two adult children. The defendants are Cowart's brother-in-law Nathan Lee Widener, the trucking company for which Widener drove, and the company's insurance carrier. The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants after concluding that the plaintiffs could not establish that Widener proximately caused Cowart's death without producing expert evidence, which...

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