Legal Opinion
Hibbs v. City of Riverdale
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1997No. A95A1274, A95A1275PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
These suits for recovery of damages caused by a flooding drainage retention pond were originally considered by this Court in Hibbs v. City of Riverdale, 219 Ga. App. 457 (465 SE2d 486) (1995). In that opinion, we affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the City of Riverdale (“the City”) on James and Vicki Hibbs’ and Cynthia Brown’s separate suits for nuisance and negligence. Briefly, plaintiffs Brown and Hibbs claimed that the City was responsible in nuisance for floods which resulted from a drainage pond improperly designed or built by Hooker Homes (“Hooker”),…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lau's Corp., Inc. v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Hibbs v. City of RiverdaleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- City of Atlanta v. BlackSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Fulton County v. WheatonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Smith v. Gwinnett CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Columbus v. BarngroverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Kaplan v. City of Sandy SpringsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- Hibbs v. City of RiverdaleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Randall Klingensmith v. Long County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019