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Hancock v. Bryan County Board of Education9/14/1999
a whole, this charge could not have confused the jury." (Citation omitted.) White v. State, 208 Ga. App. 885, 890-891 (432 SE2d 562) (1993).
7. Next, Hancock claims error in the trial court's refusal to give her request to charge on the "last clear chance" doctrine. Hancock contends that such error was preserved by virtue of her blanket objection to the trial court's failure "to give each and every one of her written requests."
To be reviewable the objection must be unmistakable in its purport in directing the attention of the trial court to the claimed error and must point out distinctly the portion of the charge challenged. The grounds of error urged must be stated with sufficient particularity to leave no doubt as to the portion of the charge challenged or as to what the specific ground of challenge is. The grounds of error urged must fully apprise the court of the error committed and the correction needed to cure the error. General exceptions to a charge given or general exceptions to refusals to charge fail to meet the requirements of OCGA ยง 5-5-24. (Citations and punctuation omitted.) T & M Inv. v. Jackson, 206 Ga. App. 218, 222-223 (8) (425 SE2d 300) (1992). Accordingly, the instant claim of error is waived.
8. Hancock claims the trial court's charge on proximate cause was deficient because the charge did not include a definition of proximate cause. However, Hancock did not submit a specific charge on proximate cause, and she has not alleged any definitional language that should have been submitted to the jury. See Branch v. Maxwell, 203 Ga. App. 553, 555-556 (5) (b) (417 SE2d 176) (1992). Moreover, the instant case did not involve multiple causes-in-fact of an injury ; it was alleged only that defendants' conduct caused Hancock to fall off the bus, and the only question was whether such fall was the cause-in-fact of Hancock's injury. See Grey v. Elias, supra at 802-803. Accordingly, we find the trial court's charge on proximate cause sufficient in the absence of a proper request for a specific proximate cause charge. Id.
Judgment affirmed. Pope, P. J., and Smith, J., concur.
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