Legal Opinion

Beman v. Kmart Corp.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 14, 1998No. A98A0133PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

Blind for many years, Dorothy Beman was exiting a rest room at a Kmart store with her right hand on her adult daughter’s shoulder when she put out her left hand to catch the door automatically closing behind her. She mistakenly placed her fingers in the hinge-side jamb, which were crushed by the heavy door. She and her husband sued Kmart Corporation, claiming the door was defective in that it closed too quickly and forcefully. The court granted Kmart summary judgment.

1. Beman failed to file a separate enumeration of errors and to make any citations to the record in her brief.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Robinson v. Kroger Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Johnston v. Grand Union Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Rolleston v. CherryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  5. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority v. MetzgerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  2. Ethridge v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Blackwell v. GoodwinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Collins v. NewmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Reeder v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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