Eco-Clean, Inc. v. Brown

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Nicholas Brown was standing on the running board of Georgia Tech’s Model A mascot car while it was being driven from a fraternity house to a garage. When the car turned a corner, the handle Brown was holding detached from the car and Brown fell, striking his head on the ground. Brown sued the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, which owned the Georgia Tech car, and Eco-Clean, Inc., which had refurbished the car two years earlier. He asserted that the defendants were directly or vicariously liable for negligently installing or maintaining the handle…