Legal Opinion
Brown v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1989No. A89A1584PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Plaintiff Brown appeals the grant of judgment in favor of defendant Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc., notwithstanding the jury verdict in her favor, OCGA § 9-11-50 (b). Her suit is for the store’s negligence in failing to protect her from the tortious misconduct of its employee (OCGA § 51-1-1), false imprisonment, (OCGA § 51-7-20), intentional infliction of emotional distress (see Crowe v. J. C. Penney, Inc., 177 Ga. App. 586, 588 (1) (340 SE2d 192) (1986), slander (OCGA § 51-5-4), and bad faith and stubborn litigiousness (OCGA § 13-6-11), stemming from an incident while Brown was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pendley v. PendleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Luckie v. Piggly-Wiggly Southern, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Swift v. S. S. Kresge Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Crowe v. J. C. Penney, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Arrowsmith v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jenkins v. General Hospitals of Humana, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Simmons v. Kroger Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- Mitchell v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Grand Union Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Miller v. Grand Union Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
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