Legal Opinion

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (DE), INC. Et Al. v. BERWICK

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 14, 2016No. A16A1737Published

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from the denial of the appellants’ motion for summary judgment in an action seeking damages for injuries sustained by the appellee, Cindy Berwick, when she tripped over a television cable that lay across her driveway. We reverse.

Charter Communications ran a television cable across Berwick’s driveway in order to provide cable service to her neighbors. The cable was orange and easily visible during the day, and there was a little slack in it that allowed the cable to move about two feet. At the time of the incident, the cable had been left in place for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Norman v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Fitzgerald v. Storer Cable Communications, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  3. Sudduth v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. Murphy v. Wometco Cable TV of Fayette County, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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