Haynes v. Hoffman, 164 Ga. App. 236, 238 (3) ( 296 SE2d 216) (1982). See West Lumber Co. v. Beck, 231 Ga. App. 46, 49 (2) ( 497 SE2d 647) (1998) ("Questions of fact and credibility are for the jury."). The hindsight charge is appropriate in a medical malpractice case where the evidence raises an issue as to whether the negligence claim is premised on later acquired knowledge or information not known or reasonably available to the defendant physician at the time he provided the medical care.
The "plain view" doctrine precludes recovery where a hazard is in plain view at a location where it is customarily found and can be expected to be. A climber can clearly expect that as he nears the top of a ladder, the rungs will at some point run out, which will be in plain view to him. Robinson, supra, 268 Ga. at 743 (1); see West Lumber Co. v. Beck, 231 Ga. App. 46, 48 (1) ( 497 S.E.2d 647) (1998). Carroll claims that he was distracted by the fight and thus excused from maintaining a proper lookout.
" Robinson 268 Ga. at 748. Application of these principles requires us to reverse the grant of summary judgment to Winn Dixie. See West Lumber Co. v. Beck, 231 Ga. App. 46 ( 497 S.E.2d 647) (1998); Jones v. Ingles Markets, 231 Ga. App. 338, 342 ( 498 S.E.2d 365) (1998) (physical precedent only). The evidence in this case is not "plain, palpable, and undisputed," within the meaning of Robinson, supra at 748, that Laffoday failed to exercise ordinary care for her own safety.