Legal Opinion
Somers v. M.A.U., Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 22, 2008No. A08A0612PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
In this slip-and-fall action, the three plaintiffs (Stacy Somers, her husband, and her bankruptcy trustee) appeal the summary judgment awarded to defendants M.A.U., Inc. and Pedro Giraldo (owners of a restaurant franchise), arguing that some facts showed that the restaurant’s employees had constructive knowledge of the foreign substance that caused Somers to fall. Because some evidence showed that three of those employees were in the immediate vicinity of the accident and could have easily seen and removed the hazard, the evidence created an issue of fact as to the…
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