Georgia Power Co. v. Sheats

Mrs. W. E. Sheats brought suit against Georgia Power Company, for damages on account of injuries sustained, as an invitee, by reason of having fallen on steps located immediately outside of swinging doors in the defendant’s building. The de*731fendant was alleged to have been negligent (a) in constructing and maintaining the swinging doors over a sudden drop-off or step-down in a marble floor as described in the petition; (b) in failing to use ordinary care to repair or correct the building, at the point where the plaintiff was injured, by eliminating or moving the doors so that they would not…