Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Fife
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 21, 1996No. A95A2652PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
We granted Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) request for an interlocutory appeal to determine whether the trial court erred in denying MARTA’s motion for summary judgment on Sharon Fife’s slip and fall claim. Fife’s complaint alleged MARTA was negligent in failing to warn of a hazardous condition because she twisted her ankle in front of the College Park MARTA station as she stepped off the curb into a drainage culvert underneath a manhole cover.
In the order denying MARTA’s motion for summary judgment, the trial court found that Fife was familiar with the…
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- Rose v. Kennesaw House, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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