Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Turner

180 Ga. App. 533 (1986)

349 S.E.2d 537

GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

v.

TURNER.

72903.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 14, 1986.

H. Baxter Harcourt, Tina G. Stanford, for appellant.

Samuel W. Oates, Jr., Alexander V. Pinter, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

On September 6, 1986, as she was exiting the A&P Food Store in Columbus, Georgia, the appellee, Marie Turner, tripped over the metal threshold to the automatic door and fell. She suffered injuries to her left knee and ankle which ultimately required surgical procedures to remove inflamed tissue.

Although Turner admitted that…