Legal Opinion

Fugate v. Gayfers Mercantile Department Stores, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 19, 1991No. A91A1102PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff brought suit for the injuries that she sustained when she fell in appellee-defendant’s store. Appellee answered and, after discovery, moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted this motion and appellant appeals.

In her complaint, appellant had alleged “that her fall was occasioned by the highly waxed condition of [appellee’s] floor.” Compare *868Alterman Foods v. Ligon, 246 Ga. 620, 624 (272 SE2d 327) (1980) (wherein the plaintiff did not allege the existence of a specific condition, but “averred only that the ‘slippery and dangerous floor…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Alterman Foods, Inc. v. LigonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. SS Kresge Company v. BlountCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  3. Perkins v. Peachtree Doors, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Five Star Steel Construction, Inc. v. Klockner Namasco Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  2. Kolomichuk v. Bruno's, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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