Smith v. Housing Authority of Athens

212 Ga. App. 503 (1994)

441 S.E.2d 847

SMITH

v.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATHENS.

A93A2126.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 14, 1994.

Reconsideration Denied March 18, 1994.

Sherry J. Locklin, for appellant.

Fortson, Bentley & Griffin, Robert N. Elkins, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

On April 7, 1991, several concrete blocks fell from a privacy screen wall beside the porch of an apartment unit owned by the Athens Housing Authority. Smith, the sister and guest of the apartment's tenant, brought this action as next friend of her six-year-old son, who was struck and injured by the blocks.…