Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Brown.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 17, 2017No. A17A1142PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McFadden, Presiding Judge.
*190 This appeal challenges the grant of summary judgment to the defendant in a slip-and-fall case. Because there exist genuine issues of material fact about the defendant's knowledge of the hazard and the plaintiff's lack of such knowledge, we reverse the grant of summary judgment.
1. Facts and procedural posture.
"Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Duff v. Bd. of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. , 341 Ga.App. 458 -459, 800 S.E.2d 640 (2017) (citation and punctuation…
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