Martin v. Johnson-Lemon

Sears, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether, in reversing the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant landlord in this wrongful death action, the Court of Appeals errone*121ously expanded the statutory bases for an out-of-possession landlord’s liability to third persons injured on leased property. We conclude that, because an out-of-possession landlord’s tort liability to third persons is determined under the bases set forth in OCGA § 44-7-14, the Court of Appeals erred by assessing liability in this case under principles not set forth in the statute,…