Georgia Farmers' Market Authority v. Dabbs

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff was injured when he stepped backwards and fell from a loading dock into an open stairwell which led from the front of the dock down to the ground. The stairwell cut into the surface of the dock so as to create a notch or hole in it. He sued the defendants, Georgia Farmers’ Market Authority and General Produce, Inc., charging them with negligence in failing to keep the premises safe for invitees.

Georgia Farmers’ Market Authority is the owner of the dock, which runs in front of a row of offices and small warehouses occupied by various tenants who are in the…