Legal Opinion
Drayton v. Kroger Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 2, 2009No. A08A1935PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
After Edwin Rodriguez robbed and assaulted Mildred Drayton in the parking lot of the Banks Crossing Shopping Center in Fay-etteville, Drayton and her husband sued The Kroger Company, which operated the store in which she had been shopping, and A.B./Banks Crossing, Limited Partnership (“Banks Crossing”), which owned the shopping center and parking lot. The trial court granted summary judgment to both defendants, finding that Kroger owed no duty of care to Mrs. Drayton pursuant to OCGA § 51-3-1 because the attack did not occur on its premises or approaches, and that…
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