Legal Opinion

Prescott v. Colonial Properties Trust, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 27, 2007No. A07A0599PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

In this slip and fall case, Linda Prescott appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of Colonial Properties Trust, Inc. (“Colonial”) and Micro Management Systems, Inc. (“Micro”), contending that material issues of fact exist as to whether the defendants had constructive knowledge of the hazard that caused her to slip and fall. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

We review the trial court’s grant of summary judgment de novo to determine if the evidence demonstrates any genuine issue of material fact. To prevail, the moving…

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