Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Gresham

Benham, Justice.

Gresham and his parents sued their landlord and Atlanta Gas Light Company (hereinafter “AGLC”) for injuries suffered by Gresham when he tripped over the threshold while exiting, and fell from the steps of his family’s mobile home onto a pipe owned and maintained by AGLC. The trial court granted summary judgment to both defendants and the Court of Appeals reversed, holding as to the landlord that a question of fact existed with regard to compliance with a building code, and as to AGLC, that the principles of premises liability did not apply because AGLC was bound by a standard…