Broomberg v. Hudgens

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellee-defendants in this “slip and fall” action filed separate motions for summary judgment, relying upon Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc., 256 Ga. 27 (343 SE2d 680) (1986). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of both appellees and appellant-plaintiffs appeal from those orders.

Prophecy Corp. provides that “[w]here a respondent offers self-contradictory testimony on motion for summary judgment, such testimony will be construed against him unless a reasonable explanation is offered for the contradiction. [Cit.]” Boyd v. Garden Center, 197 Ga.…