Legal Opinion
Ponder v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 18, 2002No. A02A1638PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Presiding Judge.
Eddie Ponder appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to William Brooks, M.D., and South Macon Family Physician’s Clinic (the clinic) on Ponder’s slip and fall claim. Because Ponder had equal knowledge of the alleged hazard, we affirm.
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. OCGA § 9-11-56 (c). To obtain summary judgment, a defendant need not produce any evidence, but must only point to an absence of evidence supporting at least one essential element of…
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