Ford v. Smith

Eldridge, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of Fulton County’s grant of summary judgment to plaintiffs Bryan Smith et al. (“appellees”)1 in their negligence suit against defendant Patrick J. Ford. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Viewing all facts and inferences in a light most favorable to the nonmovant, Ford,2 the record shows that the instant case stemmed *340from the actions of Alan Lloyd Schall, who established a group of companies, collectively “Ecotech,”3 in the fall of 1995. Schall promoted Ecotech as providing allegedly soon to be legally mandatory lead-based paint…