Showalter v. Villa Prado Associates
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the owner of the apartments where appellant lived and where he fell and sustained injuries. He is entitled to a jury trial, he contends, because there are genuine issues of material fact so that defendants are not relieved of liability as a matter of law. OCGA § 9-11-56 (c).
In such cases, we must consider that the law favors a jury determination of the issues. “ ‘[(Questions of negligence, diligence, contributory negligence, and proximate cause are peculiarly matters for the jury, and a court should not take the place of…
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