Crider v. City of Atlanta

Pope, Judge.

Plaintiff Crider was injured when she tripped and fell on the sidewalk of a downtown Atlanta street. She alleged the sidewalk was defective because of a discrepancy in elevation of approximately one inch between two adjacent sections of concrete. Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict to defendant City of Atlanta.

1. By statute, a municipality is relieved of liability resulting from a defect in a public road or sidewalk “when it has no actual notice thereof or when such defect has not existed for a sufficient length of time for notice thereof to be…